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Solution   /səlˈuʃən/   Listen
Solution

noun
1.
A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution.
2.
A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem.  Synonyms: answer, resolution, result, solvent.  "The answers were in the back of the book" , "He computed the result to four decimal places"
3.
A method for solving a problem.
4.
The set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation.  Synonym: root.
5.
The successful action of solving a problem.



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"Solution" Quotes from Famous Books



... only send them sense, we'd supply sublimate solution— douche and spray, and zinc for their little long boxes of bones," mused Dicky, his eyes half shut, as he turned over in his hands some scarabs a place-hunting official had brought him that day. "Well, that isn't all?" he added, with a quick upward ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... flask contained brandy, or at least whisky, took a long drink of it, but found to his horror it was merely a weak solution ...
— Madame Midas • Fergus Hume

... without knowing which, we are in perpetual danger of mere argumentum ad hominem, or, in fact, arguing in a circle;—as to prove miracles from doctrine, and doctrine from miracles. I however conceived that the most logical minds among Christians would contend that there was another solution; which, in 1827, I committed to paper in ...
— Phases of Faith - Passages from the History of My Creed • Francis William Newman

... Weissman, De servi currentis persona apud comicos Romanes (Giessen, 1911), though his explanation of the modus operandi is inconclusive. Langen has commented on it at some length,[125] but offers no solution. Weise frankly admits:[126] "Wie sie gelaufen sind, ist ein Raetsel fur uns." LeGrand[127] follows Weise's conclusion that it is an imitation from the Greek and in support of this instances Curculio's use, while running, of ...
— The Dramatic Values in Plautus • Wilton Wallace Blancke

... John Marbury and who was undoubtedly murdered in Middle Temple Lane that night, was John Maitland—I haven't a doubt about it after learning what you tell me about the silver ticket. I've found out a great deal that's valuable here, and I think I'm getting nearer to a solution of the mystery. That is, of course, to find out who murdered John Maitland, or Marbury. What you have told me about the Chamberlayne affair has led me to think this—there may have been people, or a ...
— The Middle Temple Murder • J.S. Fletcher


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