Definition of "resolvent"

Able to resolve (separate) the constituents of a mixture  examples

Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture; a solvent.  examples

(medicine) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.  quotations  examples

(mathematics) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.  examples