solution : Idioms & Phrases

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aqueous solution

  • noun a solution in water
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buffer solution

  • noun a solution containing a buffer
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colloidal solution

  • noun a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
    colloidal suspension; sol.
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conjugate solution

  • noun a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A
    conjugate.
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Fehling's solution

  • noun a liquid solution of copper sulfate and potassium tartrate and sodium hydroxide that is used to test for sugar in the urine; solution turns reddish when sugar is present
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  • (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.
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final solution

  • noun the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945
    Holocaust.
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fowler's solution

Fow"ler's so*lu"tion
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  1. . An quenous solution of arsenite of potassium, of such strength that one hundred parts represent one part of arsenious acid, or white arsenic; -- named from Fowler, an English physician who first brought it into use.
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gram's solution

  • noun a solution used in staining bacteria by Gram's method; consists of one part iodine and two parts potassium iodide and 300 parts water
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heat of solution

  • noun the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance is dissolved in a large volume of a solvent
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Heavy solution

  • (Min.), a liquid of high density, as a solution of mercuric iodide in potassium iodide (called the Sonstadt 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.
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isosmotic solution

  • noun a solution having the same osmotic pressure as blood
    isosmotic solution.
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isotonic solution

  • noun a solution having the same osmotic pressure as blood
    isosmotic solution.
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labarraque's solution

La`bar`raque's" so*lu"tion
Etymology
From Labarraque, a Parisian apothecary.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) An aqueous solution of hypochlorite of sodium, extensively used as a disinfectant.
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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.
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monsel's solution

Mon"sel's so*lu"tion
Etymology
See Monsel's salt.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) An aqueous solution of Monsel's salt, having valuable styptic properties.
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Nessler's solution

  • . See Nesslerize.
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phosphate buffer solution

  • noun a solution containing a phosphate buffer
    PBS.
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primary solid solution

  • noun a homogeneous solid that can exist over a range of component chemicals; a constituent of alloys that is formed when atoms of an element are incorporated into the crystals of a metal
    primary solid solution.
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ringer solution

  • noun an aqueous solution containing the chlorides of sodium and potassium and calcium that is isotonic to animal tissues; used to correct dehydration and (in physiological experiments) as a medium for in vitro preparations
    Ringer solution.
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ringer's solution

  • noun an aqueous solution containing the chlorides of sodium and potassium and calcium that is isotonic to animal tissues; used to correct dehydration and (in physiological experiments) as a medium for in vitro preparations
    Ringer solution.
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saline solution

  • noun an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water
    saline.
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solid solution

  • noun a homogeneous solid that can exist over a range of component chemicals; a constituent of alloys that is formed when atoms of an element are incorporated into the crystals of a metal
    primary solid solution.
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Solution of continuity

  • the separation of connection, or of connected substances or parts; applied, in surgery, to a facture, 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.
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Standard solution

  • . (Chem.) See Standardized solution, under Solution.
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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 nitrate in each cubic centimeter.
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