sol·va·tion (sŏl-vāshən, sôl-)
n.
Any of a class of chemical reactions, such as the formation of hydrated copper sulfate in aqueous solution, in which solute and solvent molecules combine with relatively weak covalent bonds.

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solvation
[solv(ent) + -ation.]

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