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SOLVATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chemical process in which solvent molecules and molecules or ions of the solute combine to form a compound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("solvation" is a kind of...):
association ((chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding)
Derivation:
solvate (undergo solvation or convert into a solvate)
solvate (cause a solvation in (a substance))