different between resolvent vs decomposition

English

Etymology

From Latin resolvens, present participle of resolvere: compare French résolvant. See resolve.

Adjective

resolvent (comparative more resolvent, superlative most resolvent)

1. Able to resolve (separate) the constituents of a mixture

Noun

resolvent (plural resolvents)

1. Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture; a solvent.
2. (medicine) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.

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3. (mathematics) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.

Derived terms

• pseudoresolvent

Anagrams

• Levertons

Latin

Verb

resolvent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of resolv?

English

Etymology

de- +? composition

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di??k?mp??z???n/

Noun

decomposition (countable and uncountable, plural decompositions)

1. A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.
2. The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.
   • 2005, Gerard Chollet, Anna Esposito, Marcos Faundez-Zanuy, Nonlinear Speech Modeling and Applications

     Speech decomposition into a periodic and a non-periodic part is a subject of considerable importance with applications in speech synthesis, […]

3. The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts.

Related terms

• decompose

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