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solvible

solvible is the obsolete form of solvable.

Meaning of solvable

Adjective

solvable

  1. Capable of being solved.
    • a solvable problem
    Synonyms:
    soluble
    1. Having terminating derived series; see Solvable group on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
    2. (Galois theory) Having a Galois group which is solvable.
    3. (Lie theory) Having terminating derived series (this is a distinct notion from the derived series of a group); see Solvable Lie algebra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
    4. Such that the set of inputs for which the answer is yes is recursively enumerable.
  2. (obsolete) Capable of being dissolved or liquefied.
    • […] they administer Pearles, and Corrals being beaten to dust or dissolved in distilled vinegar, or the juice of limons, and again dryed, and solvable in any potable liquour:1664, John Chandler (translator), Van Helmont’s Works, London: Lodowick Lloyd, A Treatise of Fevers, Chapter 8, p. 971
    Synonyms:
    soluble

See all 8 meanings of solvable

Forms of solvible

comparativemore solvible
superlativemost solvible

Origin of solvible

From solve + -ible.

Questions about solvible

What is solvible the obsolete form of?
Solvible is the obsolete form of solvable.

Words near solvible in the dictionary

  1. solvers
  2. solves
  3. solvest
  4. solveth
  5. solvi
  6. solvible
  7. solving
  8. solvings
  9. solvmanifold
  10. solvmanifolds
  11. solvolyse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: solvible (page history and authors); solvable (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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