solvate

1. 1.

   cause a solvation in (a substance)

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   chemistry

2. 2.

   undergo solvation or convert into a solvate

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   chemistry

1. 1.

   a compound formed by solvation (the combination of solvent molecules with molecules or ions of the solute)

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Other forms of solvate

plural

solvates·

past tense

solvated·

present participle

solvating·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about solvate

What does solvate mean?

solvate means "cause a solvation in (a substance)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in solvate?

solvate has 2 syllables: sol-vate. The stress falls on "vate".

Is solvate a common word?

solvate is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.