exsolution

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-der.

Middle French ex-bor.

Middle English ex-

English ex-

Proto-Indo-European *s(w)é

Proto-Indo-European *s(w)ēdder.

Latin se-

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-éti

Proto-Indo-European *luh₁éti

Proto-Italic [Term?]

Latin luō

Latin solvō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin solūtiō

Latin solūtiōnemlbor.

Old French solucionbor.

Middle English solucioun

English solution

English exsolution

From ex- + solution.

Noun

exsolution (countable and uncountable, plural exsolutions)

1. (geology) The process in which a solution of molten rocks separates into its constituents upon cooling

Derived terms

• exsolution lamella

Anagrams

• exolutions