solution

A method or process of dealing with a problem.

The answer to a problem or the explanation for something.

A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances, which may be solids, liquids, gases, or a combination of these.

The process of forming such a mixture.

The state of being dissolved.

The act of separating or breaking up; dissolution.

Normal solutions are of great value in volumetric chemical analysis. When solutions of less strength than the normal are desired, they are diluted one half, one fifth, one tenth, and one one-hundredth, giving seminormal, quintinormal, decinormal, and centinormal solutions. These are usually abbreviated as and .

The act of separating the parts of any body; disruption; rupture; fracture; breach: as, a solution of continuity (see below).