What does solvent mean in biology?

Answer 1

1_A solvent is either a liquid or gas that takes into itself a solute (which can be in the state of a solid, liquid or gas) and creates a solution.

If we use a simple and easy example, we can get a handle on the idea. Take a glass of warm water, put a teaspoon of table salt in it, and stir it. The salt will dissolve in the water and "disappear" from view. The water is the solvent here, the salt is the solute in this example, and the resulting salt water is a solution that we created. It's that simple.

Wikipedia has more information, and a link is provided to their post on solvent.

A solvent is also the substance that dissolves the solute.

2_The solvent is the substance that the solute or solutes dissolve (disappear in solvent) in and it forms the bulk of the solution . In a suger solution, sugar is the solute and water is the solvent .

Answer 2

A solvent is a liquid that dissolves some kind of solid.

A liquid or a gas which dissolves solid, liquid and gas in it to form a solution is called a solvent.Water is the most commonly used solvent. The solids, liquids and gases which are dissolved in solvent are called solutes. In a sugar water solution, water is solvent and sugar is solute. When a drop of ink is added to water, then ink is solute and water is solvent in. The solutions in which solvents cannot dissolve more solute are called saturated solutions.

Answer 3

solvent |ˈsälvənt| adjective
1 having assets in excess of liabilities; able to pay one's debts : interest rate rises have very severe effects on normally solvent companies.2 [ attrib. ] able to dissolve other substances : osmotic, chemical, or solvent action.nounthe liquid in which a solute is dissolved to form a solution.• a liquid, typically one other than water, used for dissolving other substances.• figurative something that acts to weaken or dispel a particular attitude or situation : an unrivaled solvent of social prejudices.DERIVATIVESsolvency |ˈsɑlvənsi| noun (in sense 1 of the adjective).ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin solvent- 'loosening, unfastening, paying,' from the verb solvere.

Answer 4

A solvent is, generally, a liquid that can have something else dissolved in it.

E.g. Water and Salt Mixing

Water = Solvent

Salt = Solute

Water + Salt Together = Solution

Answer 5

A solvent is the liquid in a solution that dissolves the substance in the solution.

Answer 6

the substance in which a solute is dissolved to form a solution. in a aqueous solution the solvent is water