solution: Meaning and Definition of

so•lu•tion

1. the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
2. the state of being solved: a problem capable of solution.
3. a particular instance or method of solving; an explanation or answer: The solution is as good as any other.
1. the process of determining the answer to a problem.
2. the answer itself.
1. the process by which a gas, liquid, or solid is dispersed homogeneously in a gas, liquid, or solid without chemical change.
2. such a substance, as dissolved sugar or salt in solution.
3. a homogeneous, molecular mixture of two or more substances.
6. Also calleda liquid, usually water, in which a medication is dissolved.
7. solution of continuity.
1. the termination of a disease.
2. a breach or break in anything, esp. one in parts of the body normally continuous, as from fracture or laceration:solution of continuity.