[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

solution \solu"tion\ s-ol=u"shu^n, n. oe. solucion,
   of. solucion, f. solution, fr. l. solutio, fr. solvere,
   solutum, to loosen, dissolve. see solve.
   1. the act of separating the parts of any body, or the
      condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption;
      breach.
      1913 webster

            in all bodies there is an appetite of union and
            evitation of solution of continuity.  --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. the act of solving, or the state of being solved; the
      disentanglement of any intricate problem or difficult
      question; explanation; clearing up; -- used especially in
      mathematics, either of the process of solving an equation
      or problem, or the result of the process.
      1913 webster

   3. the state of being dissolved or disintegrated; resolution;
      disintegration.
      1913 webster

            it is unquestionably an enterprise of more promise
            to assail the nations in their hour of faintness and
            solution, than at a time when magnificent and
            seductive systems of worship were at their height of
            energy and splendor.                  --i. taylor.
      1913 webster

   4. chem.phys. the act or process by which a body whether
      solid, liquid, or gaseous is absorbed into a liquid, and,
      remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the
      solvent; also, the product resulting from such absorption.
      1913 webster

   note: when a solvent will not take in any more of a substance
         the solution is said to be saturated. solution is of
         two kinds; viz.: a mechanical solution, in which no
         marked chemical change takes place, and in which, in
         the case of solids, the dissolved body can be regained
         by evaporation, as in the solution of salt or sugar in
         water. b chemical solution, in which there is
         involved a decided chemical change, as when limestone
         or zinc undergoes solution in hydrochloric acid.
         mechanical solution is regarded as a form of
         molecular or atomic attraction, and is probably
         occasioned by the formation of certain very weak and
         unstable compounds which are easily dissociated and
         pass into new and similar compounds.
         1913 webster

   note: this word is not used in chemistry or mineralogy for
         fusion, or the melting of bodies by the heat of fire.
         1913 webster

   5. release; deliverance; discharge. obs. --barrow.
      1913 webster

   6. med.
      a the termination of a disease; resolution.
      b a crisis.
      c a liquid medicine or preparation usually aqueous in
          which the solid ingredients are wholly soluble. --u.
          s. disp.
          1913 webster

   fehling's solution chem., a standardized solution of
      cupric hydrate in sodium potassium tartrate, used as a
      means of determining the reducing power of certain sugars
      and sirups by the amount of red cuprous oxide thrown down.
      

   heavy solution min., a liquid of high density, as a
      solution of mercuric iodide in potassium iodide called
      the sonstadt solution or thoulet solution having a
      maximum specific gravity of 3.2, or of borotungstate of
      cadium klein solution, specific gravity 3.6, and the
      like. such solutions are much used in determining the
      specific gravities of minerals, and in separating them
      when mechanically mixed as in a pulverized rock.

   nessler's solution. see nesslerize.

   solution of continuity, the separation of connection, or of
      connected substances or parts; -- applied, in surgery, to
      a fracture, laceration, or the like. "as in the natural
      body a wound, or solution of continuity, is worse than a
      corrupt humor, so in the spiritual." --bacon.

   standardized solution chem., a solution which is used as
      a reagent, and is of a known and standard strength;
      specifically, a normal solution, containing in each cubic
      centimeter as many milligrams of the element in question
      as the number representing its atomic weight; thus, a
      normal solution of silver nitrate would contain 107.7 mgr.
      of silver in each cubic centimeter.
      1913 webster
see also:
solve mechanical solution chemical solution fehling's solution heavy solution sonstadt solution 
thoulet solution klein solution nessler's solution nesslerize solution of continuity 
standardized solution 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mechanical \mechan"ical\, a. from mechanic, a.
   1913 webster
   1. pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with,
      mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the
      quantitative relations of force and matter on a
      macroscopic scale, as distinguished from mental,
      vital, chemical, electrical, electronic, atomic
      etc.; as, mechanical principles; a mechanical theory;
      especially, using only the interactions of solid parts
      against each other; as mechanical brakes, in contrast to
      hydraulic brakes.
      1913 webster +pjc

   2. of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools;
      made or formed by a machine or with tools; as, mechanical
      precision; mechanical products.
      1913 webster

            we have also divers mechanical arts.  --bacon.
      1913 webster

   3. done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion;
      proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special
      intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing;
      mechanical verses; mechanical service.
      1913 webster

   4. made and operated by interaction of forces without a
      directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe.
      1913 webster

   5. obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.; approximate;
      empirical. see the 2d note under geometric.
      1913 webster

   mechanical effect, effective power; useful work exerted, as
      by a machine, in a definite time.

   mechanical engineering. see the note under engineering.
      

   mechanical maneuvers mil., the application of mechanical
      appliances to the mounting, dismounting, and moving of
      artillery. --farrow.

   mechanical philosophy, the principles of mechanics applied
      to the investigation of physical phenomena.

   mechanical powers, certain simple instruments, such as the
      lever and its modifications the wheel and axle and the
      pulley, the inclined plane with its modifications the
      screw and the wedge, which convert a small force acting
      through a great space into a great force acting through a
      small space, or vice versa, and are used separately or in
      combination.

   mechanical solution math., a solution of a problem by any
      art or contrivance not strictly geometrical, as by means
      of the ruler and compasses, or other instruments.
      1913 webster
see also:
mechanic mental vital chemical electrical electronic 
atomic hydraulic geometric mechanical effect mechanical engineering 
engineering mechanical maneuvers mechanical philosophy mechanical powers mechanical solution 

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