Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lack of solubility; incapability of being dissolved.
- noun Incapability of being solved, as a problem or a doubt; inexplicability.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being insoluble or not dissolvable, as in a fluid.
- noun The quality of being inexplicable or insolvable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
insoluble
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being insoluble and difficult to dissolve in liquid
- noun the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it impossible to solve
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Examples
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Proteins in living cells always teeter on the edge of insolubility, because with so many different proteins dissolved in the cell doing different jobs, the total concentration is high and crystallization is a risk.
Connecting the Pieces of the Alzheimer's Puzzle Matt Ridley 2011
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The insolubility of form explains the tangents of desire.
Sunny And 78 John Olson 2011
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So right at the heart of the disease is the insolubility of proteins in old age.
Connecting the Pieces of the Alzheimer's Puzzle Matt Ridley 2011
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Rather we should enjoy them, even revel in their insolubility.
Clay Farris Naff: Is Religion Good for Us? Former Dawkins Acolyte Now Says Yes! 2010
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Rather we should enjoy them, even revel in their insolubility.
Clay Farris Naff: Is Religion Good for Us? Former Dawkins Acolyte Now Says Yes! 2010
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Rather we should enjoy them, even revel in their insolubility.
Clay Farris Naff: Is Religion Good for Us? Former Dawkins Acolyte Now Says Yes! Clay Farris Naff 2010
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Each impasse dissolves into the other in their provocation and insolubility: how, on the one hand, to voice the ground of being in the fact of speech; and on the other, for instance, how to say "I" without meaning something else — or less — than identity.
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Rather we should enjoy them, even revel in their insolubility.
Clay Farris Naff: Is Religion Good for Us? Former Dawkins Acolyte Now Says Yes! 2010
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Rather we should enjoy them, even revel in their insolubility.
Clay Farris Naff: Is Religion Good for Us? Former Dawkins Acolyte Now Says Yes! Clay Farris Naff 2010
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Rather we should enjoy them, even revel in their insolubility.
Clay Farris Naff: Is Religion Good for Us? Former Dawkins Acolyte Now Says Yes! 2010
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