Noun. 1. mover and shaker-a person who wields power and influence; a shaker of traditional beliefs; movers and shakers in the business world. shaker. individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul-a human being; there was too much for one person to do.
The term solvents usually refers to organic solvents, which contain carbon. Organic solvents can be classified into three main types: oxygenated solvents, hydrocarbon solvents, and halogenated solvents. Oxygenated solvents contain oxygen and are synthesized from other chemicals.
A solvent (from the Latin solvÅ, I loosen, untie, I solve) is a substance that dissolves a solute (a chemically different liquid, solid or gas), resulting in a solution. A solvent is usually a liquid but can also be a solid or a gas.hen something is dissolved, molecules of the solvent arrange around molecules of the solute. Heat transfer is involved and entropy is increased making the solution more thermodynamically stable than the solute and solvent separately.