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Solid Shot

See HOLLOW SHOT.

Solubility, or Solubleness, is the susceptibility of a body to being dissolved in a fluid. Solution is favored by whatever weakens cohesion. When the force of adhesion of the particles of a liquid for a solid exceeds the whole cohesive force of the latter, its cohesion is overcome and solution occurs, which means that the solid disappears and mixes uniformly with the liquid. See SATURATION; ADHESION.

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