soln

Noun

solution (countable and uncountable, plural solutions)

1. (physical) A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
   • Meronyms: solvent, solute
2. An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
   • All too often, computer technology is treated as a solution in search of a problem. In fact, it is not uncommon for people working with computers to become critical of the problem because it doesn't seem to fit the solution they have generated.1971, O. Phillip Hicks, “The Computer: Is It the Solution or the Problem?”, in ACM: Proceedings of 1971 Annual Conference, page 362

   Synonyms:

   resolution

3. An answer to a problem.
   • How many beautiful creations, how many glorious dreams went with him to the tomb! but the unfulfilled destiny of genius is a mystery whose solution is not of earth.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Parting”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 322

   Synonyms:

   resolution

   Antonyms:

   problem, challenge, issue

4. A product, service or suite thereof, especially software.
5. (UK, archaic, rare) Satisfaction of a claim or debt.
   • he was not obliged to repeat what he had received, in solution of a just debt1681, Scotland. Court of Session, edited by Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee and William Maxwell Morison, The decisions of the Court of Session, published 1802, page 2927
6. The act of dissolving, especially of a solid by a fluid.
   • This accounts for the very rapid vegetation in the northern latitudes, after the solution of the snows.1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 28

   Synonyms:

   dissolution

   Antonyms:

   precipitation

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