exsolve

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin exsolvere. Doublet of exolve. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛkˈsɒlv/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɛkˈsɑlv/, /ɛkˈsɔlv/ Rhymes: -ɒlv === Verb === exsolve (third-person singular simple present exsolves, present participle exsolving, simple past and past participle exsolved) (mineralogy, when referring to two or more minerals in a solid solution) To separate from one another at a critical point in temperature. Certain minerals may exsolve into the atmosphere from an erupting volcano. ==== Related terms ==== exsolution === Anagrams === exolves == Latin == === Verb === exsolve second-person singular present active imperative of exsolvō