What's the difference between insoluble and solvable?

Insoluble


Definition:

  • (a.) Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water.
  • (a.) Not to be solved or explained; insolvable; as, an insoluble doubt, question, or difficulty.
  • (a.) Strong.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The samples are first disrupted by sonication and the insoluble proteins concentrated by high-speed centrifugation.
  • (2) The relationship between cold-insoluble complexes, or cryoglobulins, and renal disease was studied in rabbits with acute serum sickness produced with BSA.
  • (3) One cellulase is buffer-soluble, the other buffer-insoluble but extractable with high salt concentrations.
  • (4) Evidence is presented which suggests that these plasmid-mediated, temperature-inducible surface fibrillae are responsible for autoagglutination and are related to production of one prominent, Sarkosyl-insoluble polypeptide of ca.
  • (5) During the growth of Azotobacter vinelandii in batch culture in Burk's 2% glucose medium supplemented with 50 mg EDTA per litre, water-insoluble capsular polysaccaride material accumulated in cultures prior to the appearance of water-soluble polysaccharide in the culture medium.
  • (6) A Nonidet P 40 insoluble fraction was isolated from Trypanosoma brucei and was used to raise a monoclonal antibody (5E9).
  • (7) Insoluble collagen was found to bind electrostatically to chondromucoprotein.
  • (8) After 6 weeks irradiation, the insoluble collagen and elastin were both substantially elevated, as were the activities of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and superoxide dismutase (SOD).
  • (9) However, since the Krafft point of lincomycin palmitate is approximately 43 degrees, it does not form micelles below that temperature and appears to be quite insoluble until heated above 43 degrees.
  • (10) Average remnant diameters were 400-600 A and remnants were enriched in cholesteryl esters and in protein insoluble in tetramethylurea.
  • (11) Ultrastructural studies of detergent-insoluble cytoskeletons from infected cells and immunofluorescence microscopy of phalloidin-labeled cells showed alterations in the structure of the cytoskeleton during the internalization process including the accumulation of polymerized actin around entering bacteria.
  • (12) Cells obtained from 12-day tissue remained monolayers for 4 to 8 days, after which time portions of the culture contracted into matrix containing chemically definable insoluble elastin and forming desmosine cross-links.
  • (13) Micrococcal nuclease-digested testis and erythrocyte chromatin was separated into soluble and insoluble fractions.
  • (14) Five other patients with water-insoluble paraproteins were tested; two were clot-inhibitory.
  • (15) Both main-stream and side-stream cigarette smoke condensates and some fractions, containing water-soluble bases, water-insoluble bases, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, were found to induce AHH activity in lung and liver, the lung being induced to the greatest extent.
  • (16) The protein component was relatively insoluble and contained an excess of acidic over basic amino acids and little cystine.
  • (17) Biochemical analysis of the kinetics of assembly of two cytoplasmic plaque proteins of the desmosome, desmoplakins I (250,000 Mr) and II (215,000 Mr), in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells, demonstrated that these proteins exist in a soluble and insoluble pool, as defined by their extract ability in a Triton X-100 high salt buffer (CSK buffer).
  • (18) The ratio of soluble to insoluble beta-galactosidase decreased during the course of cell growth.
  • (19) GP Ib was sedimented with the Triton-insoluble actin filaments in trace amounts only, and only after high speed centrifugation (100,000 x g, 3 h).
  • (20) Elastic fibers have been shown to contain two proteins, insoluble elastin and the elastic fiber microfibril, a glycoprotein.

Solvable


Definition:

  • (a.) Susceptible of being solved, resolved, or explained; admitting of solution.
  • (a.) Capable of being paid and discharged; as, solvable obligations.
  • (a.) Able to pay one's debts; solvent.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The boys attempted to solve two different sets of 10 find-a-word puzzles, one set following exposure to solvable puzzles, and one set following exposure to insolvable puzzles.
  • (2) Although the purely engineering problems as well as the surgical ones appear solvable at this time, the remaining unsolved problems lie in two areas: 1) the bioengineering interfacing, i.e., the search for methods needed to connect an engineering (electronic) device to the neural auditory system in an efficient manner; and 2) clinical tests for the assessment of the functional state of the cochlear nerve.
  • (3) They prove that changes in solvability of hemoglobin are determined by the conformational reconstructions of the respiration protein as a result of formation of the complexes with internally erythrocytic metabolites.
  • (4) The further progress of the exactness of their technique seems to be solvable.
  • (5) Geophysical data on the carbon amounts in oil, gas and coal show that the problem is solvable, if we phase out global coal emissions within 20 years and prohibit emissions from unconventional fossil fuels such as tar sands and oil shale.
  • (6) We examined the effects of methylphenidate on the task persistence of 21 boys with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), after they had been exposed to both solvable and insolvable problems.
  • (7) Life appears as something we wish could be controllable, solvable - but completion is denied: there's always a piece missing.
  • (8) Liberal senator warns against Abbott's 'simplistic' call for reformation in Islam Read more “We need to be very temperate and we need to be smart as a community,” Lewis told News Corp. “This problem is solvable.
  • (9) (3) Our shape task was solvable with motion cues from the 6 most relevant locations.
  • (10) To render them approximately solvable, we assumed mathematical continuity across the membrane and incorporated the Landis-Pappenheimer relationship.
  • (11) This study suggests that much of the problem may be solvable.
  • (12) The European energy commissioner, Guenther Oettinger, who took part in talks on Sunday night between Gazprom and Ukraine's Naftogaz, said he believed the situation was "solvable" if the sides showed more flexibility.
  • (13) It is doing so unarmed, while being confronted by one of the biggest military powers in the world.” Barghouti also warned that Israeli actions – in particular around the flashpoint religious site the Haram al-Sharif known to Jews as the Temple Mount – threaten to “transform a solvable political conflict into a never-ending religious war that will only further undermine stability in a region already experiencing unprecedented turmoil.” Fifty-six-year old Barghouti – who was an important figure in both the first and second intifadas – was arrested by Israel in 2002 in the middle of the second intifada and convicted on five counts of murder two years later.
  • (14) Laake knows that there may be no happy ending for him, that the problem of East Germany's lost children "is probably not solvable".
  • (15) At the ceremony in Mexico on Wednesday, Gates said there were "legitimate issues, but solvable issues" around GM and lauded CIMMYT's role trying to sidestep concerns about monopolisation of the technology by the multinationals.
  • (16) A group of solvable proteins absent in the blood serum, amniotic fluid, fetal placenta and uterus mucosa independent of the phase of ovary development is revealed.
  • (17) Although these theories themselves yield exceedingly good comparison with experimental (Monte Carlo) data, they involve fairly advanced theoretical and mathematical techniques and do not appear to be readily solvable for other than very simple geometries.
  • (18) This is a solvable problem – if we start now.” In his weekly address on Saturday , Obama acknowledged criticism of the Shell decision, saying he shared concerns about Arctic drilling.
  • (19) College students of either androgynous or sex-typed orientation were randomly assigned to either an insoluble concept-formation task or a solvable one.
  • (20) The results indicated that both low perceivability and high solvability increase the likelihood of response delays specifically in the presence of anxiety-linked stimuli.