verb
- surrounding and interacting with dissolved particles (as solvent molecules do with solute particles)
Usage: chemistry; present participle of solvate
Examples
- Water molecules are solvating the salt ions in the solution.
- The polar solvent is effectively solvating the charged particles.
- Solvating power varies among different types of solvents.
- The process of solvating helps stabilize dissolved substances.
- Organic solvents are solvating the nonpolar compounds.
- Temperature affects how well the solvent is solvating the solute.