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solution

solution

30 6.4
A number or numbers that make an equation true
  • noun
  • /səˈluːʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : solución
  • For the equation to hold, we need to find the solution that satisfies both sides.
  • optimal solution
  • correct solution
  • mathematical solution

So it's very fast to check a solution to travelling salesman.

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Examples

  • As you will find in multivariable calculus, there is often... ...a number of solutions for any given problem.

  • And we have to find all solutions for which this is true.

  • So let's just write the solution set here as zero.

  • So these are your two solutions you got from completing the square.

  • This is now the general solution to our differential equation.

  • Every problem has a solution... or the equation is false to begin with.

  • His solution was correct.

  • The Internet and application service provider solutions made continuous nurturing a hands-free reality.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • The solution to the equation x + 3 = 7 is x = 4.

  • In mathematics, the solution set for the quadratic equation includes all values that make it true.

Synonyms

root
vssolution
  • Specialized
34 8.2

A number that solves an equation

refers to all values satisfying an equation rather than one value from powers

Compounds

281 2.7

An answer that fixes a problem or difficulty

14 3.6

A clear, effective answer that fixes a problem

A new and useful way to solve a problem

saline solution
  • Specialized
5 3.3

Salt water that doctors use to clean wounds or put into a vein to give fluid

software solution
  • Specialized
2 3.2

A program that solves a specific problem for a person or business

final solution
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A plan by the Nazis to kill millions of Jewish people during World War II

A product or method for keeping things tidy and in one place

aqueous solution
  • Specialized
1 3.5

A liquid with something dissolved in water

colloidal solution
  • Specialized
1 5.8

A liquid with very small solid particles spread evenly through it that do not sink

4.5

A liquid that helps keep acidity stable in body and lab tests

4.8

An extra product you add to an existing system to give it new features

buffer solution
  • Specialized
4.4

A liquid that keeps acidity about the same when acids or bases are added

3.5

A way to reduce the causes and effects of climate change

conjugate solution
  • Specialized
9.9

One of two liquid layers that form when two partly mixed liquids separate, each layer rich in a different liquid

Fehling's solution
  • Specialized
9.5

A blue liquid used in labs to test for sugar that turns reddish-orange when sugar is present

9.5

A quick, ugly fix that is not reliable

Gram's solution
  • Specialized
6.6

A liquid of iodine and potassium iodide used to stain bacteria in the Gram stain

heat of solution
  • Specialized
6.8

Heat released or taken in when a substance dissolves in a large amount of liquid like water

hypertonic solution
  • Specialized
6.1

A liquid with more salt or sugar than a cell that draws water out and makes the cell shrink

isosmotic solution
  • Specialized
5.3

A liquid with the same amount of dissolved particles as blood or body fluids

isotonic solution
  • Specialized
4.9

A liquid with the same salt level as body fluids like blood so cells keep their normal shape

7.5

A solid metal in which atoms of other elements mix evenly into its structure

5.5

A way of writing code in the Python language that follows common simple style

Ringer solution
  • Specialized
6.5

A sterile salt solution used to replace body fluids and keep tissues alive

Ringer's solution
  • Specialized
6.3

A salt solution put into the body to replace fluid and keep tissues alive

A ready-made product or service you can use immediately without change

5.6

A liquid that keeps the acid level steady with phosphate

solid solution
  • Specialized
7.0

A solid mixture where atoms of one type go into another's crystal, like in alloys

Surface Forms

solution singular
solutions plural

Morphology

solution = solve (transparent) = solve + tion

The mathematical sense is a specific type of 'answer/result' produced by solving an equation, which learners can infer from 'solve' + '-tion'.

Etymology

Solution comes from an old Latin root solu- meaning 'to loosen', and it shares this root with solve. In math, a solution is like untying an equation: you find the values that 'free' the problem and make it true.