solution
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3.0
- noun
- /səˈluːʃən/
- Specialized
- For the experiment, we prepared a saline solution by dissolving salt in water.
- a dilute solution
- aqueous solution
- buffer solution
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- It's been constant ever since last night when I made this solution up.
Examples
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You need saline solution, not water.
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Then a concentrated solution of Izal, an industrial disinfectant, was poured over the beaten area.
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To start off with, the solution is pale green.
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The stability of the solution over time is unknown until such studies are conducted.
Academic text (2008) -
We'll stop by on Friday to adjust the IV solution, and I'll check it then.
Fiction book (1992) -
I gave him a hypertonic solution.
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And then your father put his braces in a chemical solution, causing the metal to turn green.
Fiction book (1997) -
Rouse him every four hours and make him drink a dilute solution of this elixir.
Fiction book (1993) -
The ovarian tissue was treated with several drops of methylene blue solution, then flushed with water.
Academic text (1990) -
I signaled Kwan, who brought the container of viscous solution up under a cluster of epoxy-fiberglass boards.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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3.5
A liquid with something dissolved in water
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7.0
A solid mixture where atoms of one type go into another's crystal, like in alloys
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5.8
A liquid with very small solid particles spread evenly through it that do not sink
Compounds
- Offensive
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9.9
A plan by the Nazis to kill millions of Jewish people during World War II
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3.3
Salt water that doctors use to clean wounds or put into a vein to give fluid
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A program that solves a specific problem for a person or business
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A liquid with more salt or sugar than a cell that draws water out and makes the cell shrink
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6.3
A salt solution put into the body to replace fluid and keep tissues alive
- Jargon
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4.8
An extra product you add to an existing system to give it new features
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9.9
One of two liquid layers that form when two partly mixed liquids separate, each layer rich in a different liquid
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4.4
A liquid that keeps acidity about the same when acids or bases are added
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7.0
A solid mixture where atoms of one type go into another's crystal, like in alloys
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5.6
A liquid that keeps the acid level steady with phosphate
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4.9
A liquid with the same salt level as body fluids like blood so cells keep their normal shape
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5.8
A liquid with very small solid particles spread evenly through it that do not sink
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6.5
A sterile salt solution used to replace body fluids and keep tissues alive
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A liquid that helps keep acidity stable in body and lab tests
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A blue liquid used in labs to test for sugar that turns reddish-orange when sugar is present
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A liquid of iodine and potassium iodide used to stain bacteria in the Gram stain
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Heat released or taken in when a substance dissolves in a large amount of liquid like water
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A liquid with the same amount of dissolved particles as blood or body fluids
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A solid metal in which atoms of other elements mix evenly into its structure
- Jargon
A way of writing code in the Python language that follows common simple style
How Viscous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Solution comes from an old Latin root solu- meaning 'to loosen', the same root you see in dissolve. In chemistry, a solution is when one substance 'loosens' into a liquid and mixes in, like sugar disappearing in tea, so the word fits the idea of a mixed liquid.