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CORRESPONDING to the words “solvent” and “solution,” some word is very badly wanted to express “the dissolved substance.” The analogous word is evidently “solute,” and it is as short and euphonious as the others. May I inquire why it is not in general use? Surely some one must have proposed it?
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DONNAN, F. “Solute”. Nature 51, 200 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/051200e0
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