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A sign for taking a solid into solution.
Also known as: Dissolution sign, Solution (alchemical)
Reducing a solid to liquid, whether by solvent or by melting. The other half of solve et coagula, and among the most frequently drawn operation signs.
Denotes dissolution: reducing a solid body to a liquid state, by solvent or by fusion.
The first half of solve et coagula, the formula summarising the alchemical method of breaking a body down before reconstituting it in a better state.
A curved stroke opening downward above a short horizontal line.
Dissolution takes a solid into liquid; coagulation sets a liquid solid. The two are paired in the formula solve et coagula.