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Solution vs Resolvent - What's the difference?

solution | resolvent |

As a noun solution

is a homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.

As a verb resolvent is

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solution

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
  • An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
  • The answer to a problem.
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  • A product, service or suite thereof.
  • (legal, UK, archaic, rare) Satisfaction of a claim or debt.
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    resolvent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to resolve (separate) the constituents of a mixture

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture; a solvent.
  • (medicine) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.
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  • (mathematics) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.
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