resolvent

Etymology
From , present participle of : compare 🇨🇬. See.

Adjective

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

Noun

 * 1) Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture; a solvent.
 * 2)  That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.
 * 3)  An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.
 * 1)  An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.