(s<osl/*l<umac/"sh<ucr/n), n. [OE. solucion, OF. solucion, F. solution, fr. L. solutio, fr. solvere, solutum, to loosen, dissolve. See Solve.] 1.
The act of separating the parts of any body, or the condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach.
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-In all bodies there is an appetite of union and evitation of solution of continuity. Bacon.
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2.
The act of solving, or the state of being solved; the disentanglement of any intricate problem or difficult question; explanation; clearing up; -- used especially in mathematics, either of the process of solving an equation or problem, or the result of the process.
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3.
The state of being dissolved or disintegrated; resolution; disintegration.
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-It is unquestionably an enterprise of more promise to assail the nations in their hour of faintness and solution, than at a time when magnificent and seductive systems of worship were at their height of energy and splendor. I. Taylor.
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4. (Chem.Phys.)
The act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product resulting from such absorption.
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