solvation
noun
solvation is a noun meaning “An association, or a reaction, of a solute with a solvent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-O-L-V-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of solvation is solvations.
What does solvation mean?
noun
- 1
An association, or a reaction, of a solute with a solvent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of solvation
- solvations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is solvation?
Solvation appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Solvation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense An association, or a reaction, of a solute with a solvent:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | solvatación |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.