solution
NOUN:
1. the act of solving a problem, question, etc.:
The situation is approaching solution.
2. the state of being solved:
a problem capable of solution.
3. a particular instance or method of solving; an explanation or answer:
The solution is as good as any other.
4. the act or process of forming a solution.
5. a specific answer to or way of answering a problem.
6. the/an action, act or process of solving a problem.
7. a bringing or coming to an end or into a state of discontinuity.
Examples:
Medication may not be the best solution for the patient's condition; The solution is simple you need to spend less money. —Merriam-Webster.
in math:
1. the process of determining the answer to a problem.
2. the answer itself.
3. the unique set of values that yield a true statement when substituted for the variables in an equation.
4. a member of a set of assignments of values to variables under which a given statement is satisfied; a member of a solution set.
5. an answer to a problem; explanation, specifically a set of values of the variables that satisfies an equation.
in medicine:
1. the termination of a disease.
2. a breach or break in anything, especially one in parts of the body normally continuous, as from fracture or laceration:
solution of continuity.
3. the stage of a disease, following a crisis, resulting in its termination.
4. termination of a disease by a crisis.
5. a break, cut, or laceration of the solid tissues.
in law:
the payment, discharge, or satisfaction of a claim, debt, etc.
in chemistry:
1. the process by which a gas, liquid, or solid is dispersed homogeneously in a gas, liquid, or solid without chemical change.
2. such a substance, as dissolved sugar or salt in solution.
3. a homogeneous, molecular mixture of two or more substances.
4. a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances in which the molecules or atoms of the substances are completely dispersed.
The constituents can be solids, liquids, or gases. —Dictionary.com.
5. the state of being dissolved (esp in the phrase in solution).
6. a mixture of two or more substances in which one or more components are present as small particles with colloidal dimension; colloid:
a colloidal solution.
7. a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances, which may be solids, liquids, gases, or a combination of these.
8. an act or the process by which a solid, liquid, or gaseous substance is homogeneously mixed with a liquid or sometimes a gas or solid.
9. a homogeneous mixture formed by this process, especially a single-phase liquid system.
10. the condition of being dissolved.
in pharmacology:
1. Also called liquor. a liquid, usually water, in which a medication is dissolved.
2. a liquid preparation containing a solute, especially an aqueous solution of a nonvolatile substance.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English <Latin solūtiōn- (stem of solūtiō), equivalent to solūt(us) (see solute) + -iōn--ion. Dictionary 2: C14: from Latin solūtiō an unloosing, from solūtus; see solute. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of solution: 14th century. History and Etymology for solution: Middle English solucion explanation, dispersal of bodily humors, from Anglo-French, from Latin solution-, solutio, from solvere to loosen, solve. —Merriam-Webster.
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1. the act of solving a problem, question, etc.:
The situation is approaching solution.
2. the state of being solved:
a problem capable of solution.
3. a particular instance or method of solving; an explanation or answer:
The solution is as good as any other.
4. the act or process of forming a solution.
5. a specific answer to or way of answering a problem.
6. the/an action, act or process of solving a problem.
7. a bringing or coming to an end or into a state of discontinuity.
Examples:
Medication may not be the best solution for the patient's condition; The solution is simple you need to spend less money. —Merriam-Webster.
in math:
1. the process of determining the answer to a problem.
2. the answer itself.
3. the unique set of values that yield a true statement when substituted for the variables in an equation.
4. a member of a set of assignments of values to variables under which a given statement is satisfied; a member of a solution set.
5. an answer to a problem; explanation, specifically a set of values of the variables that satisfies an equation.
in medicine:
1. the termination of a disease.
2. a breach or break in anything, especially one in parts of the body normally continuous, as from fracture or laceration:
solution of continuity.
3. the stage of a disease, following a crisis, resulting in its termination.
4. termination of a disease by a crisis.
5. a break, cut, or laceration of the solid tissues.
in law:
the payment, discharge, or satisfaction of a claim, debt, etc.
in chemistry:
1. the process by which a gas, liquid, or solid is dispersed homogeneously in a gas, liquid, or solid without chemical change.
2. such a substance, as dissolved sugar or salt in solution.
3. a homogeneous, molecular mixture of two or more substances.
4. a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances in which the molecules or atoms of the substances are completely dispersed.
The constituents can be solids, liquids, or gases. —Dictionary.com.
5. the state of being dissolved (esp in the phrase in solution).
6. a mixture of two or more substances in which one or more components are present as small particles with colloidal dimension; colloid:
a colloidal solution.
7. a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances, which may be solids, liquids, gases, or a combination of these.
8. an act or the process by which a solid, liquid, or gaseous substance is homogeneously mixed with a liquid or sometimes a gas or solid.
9. a homogeneous mixture formed by this process, especially a single-phase liquid system.
10. the condition of being dissolved.
in pharmacology:
1. Also called liquor. a liquid, usually water, in which a medication is dissolved.
2. a liquid preparation containing a solute, especially an aqueous solution of a nonvolatile substance.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English <Latin solūtiōn- (stem of solūtiō), equivalent to solūt(us) (see solute) + -iōn--ion. Dictionary 2: C14: from Latin solūtiō an unloosing, from solūtus; see solute. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of solution: 14th century. History and Etymology for solution: Middle English solucion explanation, dispersal of bodily humors, from Anglo-French, from Latin solution-, solutio, from solvere to loosen, solve. —Merriam-Webster.
See more chemistry and math definitions at Dictionary.com *
Sources: 1, 2.