solutet (solut)

t. [L. solutus, pp. of sol vere, loosen, solve: see solve, solute, a.] To di olve; also, to resolve; answer; absolve. What will not boldne bid a man say, when he hath made an argument against himself which he cannot so lute? Bp. Ridley, in Bradford's Works (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 393. solution (sō-lū'shon), n. [ 5763 tio(n-), a loosing, di olving, accurately determined by experiment. It may be in creased or diminished by the presence of other substances in solution. The solubility of any gas also is constant under the same conditions. It varies with the temperature, the pre ure, the nature of the liquid, and the matters in solution in it. In a mixture of gases, each is di olved in the same quantity as if it were present alone under the same tension as in the mixture. 3. The liquid produced as a result of the proce or action above described; the preparation made by di olving a solid in a liquid: as, a solution of salt, soda, or alum; solution of iron, etc.-4. A liquid or di olved state or condition; unsettled state; suspense. His [Le ing's) was a mind always in solution , which the divine order of things, as it is called, could not precipitate into any of the traditional forms of crystallization, and in which the time to come was already fermenting. Lowell , Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 313. 5. The act of solving, working out, explaining, clearing up, or settling, or the state of being solved, explained, cleared up, or settled; resolution; explanation: as, the solution of a difficult problem or of a doubt in casuistry. It is acc or dinge to nature no man to do that wherby he shulde take... a praye of a nother mannes ignoraunce. Of this matter Tulli writeth many propre examples and quicke solutions . Sir T. Elyot , The Govern our, iii. 4. In his singular "Ode inscribed to W. H. Channing" there is a hint of a po ible solution of the slavery problem. O. W. Holmes, Emerson, viii. 6. A method of solving or finally clearing up or settling something. Specifically-7. The answer to a problem or puzzle of any kind, together with the proof that that answer is correct. -8. Di olution; a di olving. Easy and frequent solutions of conjugal society. Locke, Civil Government, § 80. 91. Release; deliverance; discharge. Imp. Dict. - 10. In med., the termination of a disease, especially when accompanied by critical symptoms; the crisis of a disease.-11. In civil law, payment; satisfaction of a creditor. - Alcoholic solution. See tincture. - Algebraic solution of an equation, a solution by means of an algebraic formula, especially by radicals. -Aqueous solution, a solution whose solvent or menstruum is water. - Barres will's solution, a test for sugar similar to Fehling's solution.Burnett's solution. See Burnett's liquid, under liquid. Burow's solution, a solution of aluminium subacetate, used as a local astringent in skin-affections. - Cardan's solution, the ordinary algebraic solution of a cubic. See cubic. - Cayley's solution, (a) A solution of the general cubic. Let U = 0 be the cubic, D its discriminant, and J its cub i covariant, then the solution follows from UVD+J+UYD-J. These cube roots can always be extracted. (b) A solution of the general quartie, due to Profe or Cayley. Let U = 0 be the quartic, H its He ian, S its quad rin variant, T its cub invariant or catalectic ant, and c1, C2, C3 the roots of the cubic c3-Sc + T = 0, then the solution follows from (C2-C3) VH-CU+ (C3-C1) H-c2U +(C1-C2) H-c3U = 0. The square roots can always be extracted. Chemical solution, the solution of a solid body in a liquid which is caused by or accompanied with a chemical reaction between the solid and the solution, as of zine in dilute sulphuric acid. Clemens's solution, a solution of arsenic bromide, used in the treatment of diabetes. - Compound solution of iodine. Same as Lugol's solution. — Compound solution of sodium borate. Same as Do bell's solution.- Des cartes's solution, an algebraical so solutive lution of the general biquadratic equation, differing from Ferrari's only in the method of investigation. - Dobell's solution solution containing sodium bor 24 grains, glycerin fluid ounce, water to make 16 fluid ounces. Donovan's solution, a solution of arsenic iodide 1, red iodide of mercury 1, water 98 parts: alterative. Also called solution of iodide of arsenic and mercury.Ethereal solution, a solution whose solvent or menstruum is an ether, usually sulphuric ether. - Euler's solution, a solution of a biquadratic after the second term 120 grains, crystallized carbolic acid has been got rid of. It differs little from Ferrari's solution. -Fehling's solution, an aqueous solution of copper sulphate, Rochelle salts, and sodium hydrate. When heated with any reducing sugar, as dextrose, copper suboxid is deposited from it. It is used in the analysis of saccharine bodies, and as a qualitative test of the presence of sugar. - Ferrari's solution, a solution of the general biquadratic. See biquadratic equation, under equation. - Fowler's solution, a solution of arsenious acid 1, pota ium bicarbonate 1, compound tincture of lavender 3, water 95 parts: one of the best vehicles for administering arsenic. Also called liquor pota i i arsenitis, solution of arsenite of pota ium, and ague - drop. - General solution. See dif ferential equation, under equation. Goadby's solution, a preparation for preserving animal substances, made with bay-salt, corrosive sublimate or arsenious acid, and water. Thomas, Med. Dict. - Hall's solution of strychnine, a solution of strychnine acetate 16 grains, dilute acetic acid fluid ounce, alcohol 4 fluid ounces, compound tincture of cardamom 60 minims, water to make 16 fluid ounces.-Heavy solution, in mineral., a liquid of high density, as a solution of mercuric iodide in pota ium iodide (called the Sonstadt or Thoulet solution ), having a maximum specific gravity of 3.2, or of borotungstate of cadmium (Klein solution), specific gravity 3.6, used as a gravity-solution (which see). - Improper solution, a function which solves a given differential equation, but also solves an equation either of lower order or of the same order but of lower degree. - Javelle's solution, pota ium carbonate 58, chlorinated lime 80, water 862 parts. Also called solution of chlorinated pota a. Labarraque's solution. Same as Labarraque's fluid (which see, under fluid ). - Löffler's solution, a saturated alcoholic solution of methyl blue 30 parts, and 100 parts of a 1:10,000 aqueous solution of pota ium hydrate: used in staining bacteria. - Lugol's solution, a solution of pota ium iodide 10, water 85 parts. Also called compound solution of iodine. Magendie's solution of morphine, morphine sulphate 16 grains, water 1 fluid ounce: used to administer morphine hypodermically. Mechanical solution, the mere union of a solid with changed without any alteration of the chemical proper in such a manner that its aggregate form is ties of either the solid or its solvent: thus, sugar di olves in water without either undergoing any chemical change. - Mechanical solution of a problem. See me chanical.-Mineral solution. See mineral. - Ne ler's solution. Same as Ne ler's reagent (which see, under reagent).- Numerical solution, a solution of an equation by means of numerical approximation. - Particular solution. See differential equation, under equation.-Pasteur's solution, in bot., a liquid holding in solution a small percentage of certain inorganic salts and a larger percentage of certain organic substances, employed in the cultivation of the lower forms of vegetable life, such as bacteria, yeast-cells, and fungi, for purposes of study. The composition is-pota ium phosphate 20 parts, calcium phosphate 2 parts, magnesium sulphate 2 parts, ammonium tartrate 100 parts, cane-sugar 1,500 parts, distilled water 8,376 parts. - Pearson's arsenical solution, crystallized sodium arseniate 1, water 599 parts. -Pierlot's solution, an aqueous solution of ammonium valerian ate to which is added some of the alcoholic extract of valerian. - Proper solution, a function which satisfies a differential equation, and no equation of lower order nor of the same order but of lower degree. Saturated solution, a solution which at the given temperature cannot be made to contain more of the given substance than it already contains, the adhesion of the liquid to the substance being just balanced by the cohesion of the particles of the solid body in contact with it. Simpson's solution. Same as Ferrari's solution.Singular solution. See differential equation , under equa tion. Solution of acetate of ammonia, in phar . , a solution composed of dilute acetic acid 100 parts, ammonium carbonate added to the point of neutralization: a valuable diaphoretic and diuretic. Also called spirit of Mindererus. - Solution of albumen, a test solution consisting of the white of one egg triturated with four ounces water, and filtered: used in pharmaceutical work. - Solution of an equation. See equation. - Solution of continuity, in surg., the separation of parts normally continuous, as by a fracture, laceration, etc. - Solution of lime, a clean saturated solution of slaked lime in water, useful as an antacid, astringent, and tonic. Commonly called lime - water. Solution of pota a, in phar., an aqueous solution of pota ium hydrate, KHO, containing 5 per cent. of the hydrate: an antacid, diuretic, and anti lithic. Also called liquor pota e. - Solution of soda, in phar., an aqueous solution containing 5 per cent. of sodium hydrate. - Solution of sodium carbo late, in phar., crystals of carbolic acid 30, sodium hydrate 2, water 28 parts. Also called phenol sodique. Solution of subacetate of lead, a solution composed of lead acetate 170, lead oxid 120, water 1,710 parts: a useful astringent and sedative for external use. Also called Goulard's extract. - Sonstadt solution, a solution of mercury iodide in pota ium iodide. See specific grav ity, under gravity. - Standardized solution, a solution whose strength or composition has been accurately determined, and which is used as a standard of comparison.Thompson's solution of phosphorus, a solution containing phosphorus, absolute alcohol, spirit of peppermint, and glycerin. Trigonometrical solution, a solution of an equation by means of trigonometric functions. For an example, see cubic equation, under equation.-Van Swieten's solution, a solution of mercury per chlorid.Vlemingkx's solution, a solution composed of lime 1, sulphur 2, water 20 parts boiled down to 12 parts.