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liq⋅uor

  [lik-er or, for 3, lik-wawr]
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–noun
1. a distilled or spirituous beverage, as brandy or whiskey, as distinguished from a fermented beverage, as wine or beer.
2. any liquid substance, as broth from cooked meats or vegetables.
3. Pharmacology. solution (def. 6).
4. a solution of a substance, esp. a concentrated one used in the industrial arts.
–verb (used with object)
5. Informal. to furnish or ply with liquor to drink (often fol. by up).
–verb (used without object)
6. Informal. to drink large quantities of liquor (often fol. by up).
Origin:
1175–1225; < L: a liquid, orig. liquidity (liqu(ēre) to be liquid + -or -or 1 ); r. ME lic(o)ur < OF (F liqueur) < L liquōrem, acc. of liquor

Related forms:
liq⋅uor⋅y, adjective

Synonyms:
2. juice, drippings.

so⋅lu⋅tion

  [suh-loo-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
2. the state of being solved: a problem capable of solution.
3. a particular instance or method of solving; an explanation or answer: The solution is as good as any other.
4. Mathematics.
a. the process of determining the answer to a problem.
b. the answer itself.
5. Chemistry.
a. the process by which a gas, liquid, or solid is dispersed homogeneously in a gas, liquid, or solid without chemical change.
b. such a substance, as dissolved sugar or salt in solution.
c. a homogeneous, molecular mixture of two or more substances.
6. Pharmacology. Also called liquor. a liquid, usually water, in which a medication is dissolved.
7. Medicine/Medical.
a. the termination of a disease.
b. a breach or break in anything, esp. one in parts of the body normally continuous, as from fracture or laceration: solution of continuity.
Origin:
1325–75; ME < L solūtiōn- (s. of solūtiō), equiv. to solūt(us) (see solute ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
so⋅lu⋅tion⋅al, adjective

Synonyms:
3. key, resolution.
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liq·uor   (lĭk'ər)   
n.  

  1. An alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than by fermentation.

  2. A rich broth resulting from the prolonged cooking of meat or vegetables, especially greens. Also called pot liquor.

  3. An aqueous solution of a nonvolatile substance.

  4. A solution, emulsion, or suspension for industrial use.

tr.v.   liq·uored, liq·uor·ing, liq·uors

  1. To steep (malt, for example).

  2. Slang To make drunk with alcoholic liquor. Often used with up: was all liquored up.


[Middle English licour, a liquid, from Old French, from Latin liquor, from liquēre, to be liquid.]
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Cultural Dictionary

solution

In chemistry, a uniform mixture of one solid, liquid, or gas with another solid, liquid, or gas.

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Word Origin & History

liquor 
1225, likur "any matter in a liquid state," from O.Fr. licour, from L. liquorem (nom. liquor) "liquid, liquidity," from liquere "be fluid." Sense of "fermented or distilled drink" (especially wine) first recorded c.1300. To liquor up "get drunk" is from 1845.

solution 
1375, "a solving or being solved," from O.Fr. solucion, from L. solutionem (nom. solutio) "a loosening or unfastening," also "a solving," from pp. stem of solvere "to loosen, untie, solve, dissolve" (see solve). Meaning "liquid containing a dissolved substance" is first recorded 1594.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: li·quor
Pronunciation: 'lik-&r
Function: noun
: a liquid substance: as a : a usually distilled rather than fermentedalcoholic beverage b : a solution of a medicinal substance usually in water —compare TINCTURE c : BATH 2b(1)

Main Entry: so·lu·tion
Pronunciation: s&-'lü-sh&n
Function: noun
1 a : an act or the process by which a solid, liquid, orgaseous substance is homogeneously mixed with a liquid or sometimes a gas or solid called also dissolution b : a homogeneous mixture formed by this process
2 a : a liquid containing a dissolved substance solution> b : a liquid and usually aqueous medicinal preparation with the solid ingredients soluble c : the condition of being dissolved solution>
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Medical Dictionary

liquor liq·uor (lĭk'ər)
n.

  1. An aqueous solution, especially of a medicinal substance.

  2. An alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than by fermentation.

  3. (lī'kwôr, lĭk'wôr) In anatomical nomenclature, a term for any of several body fluids.

solution so·lu·tion (sə-l&oomacr;'shən)
n.
Abbr. sol., soln.

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

  2. The state of being dissolved.

  3. In pharmacology, a liquid preparation containing a solute, especially an aqueous solution of a nonvolatile substance.

  4. Termination of a disease by a crisis.

  5. A break, cut, or laceration of the solid tissues.

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Science Dictionary
solution   (sə-l'shən)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. Chemistry A mixture in which particles of one or more substances (the solute) are distributed uniformly throughout another substance (the solvent), so that the mixture is homogeneous at the molecular or ionic level. The particles in a solution are smaller than those in either a colloid or a suspension. Compare colloid, suspension.

  2. Mathematics A value or values which, when substituted for a variable in an equation, make the equation true. For example, the solutions to the equation x2 = 4 are 2 and -2.


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