Solution and Method

noun

• A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution.
  • usage: "he used a solution of peroxide and water"
• A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem.
  • usage: "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"
  • synonyms: answer, result, resolution, solvent
• A method for solving a problem.
  • usage: "the easy solution is to look it up in the handbook"
• The set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation.
  • synonyms: root
• The successful action of solving a problem.
  • usage: "the solution took three hours"

• (n.) The state of being dissolved or disintegrated; resolution; disintegration.
• (n.) 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 reulting from such absorption.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A crisis.
• (n.) The act of separating the parts of any body or the condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach.
• (n.) release; deliverance; discharge.
• (n.) A liquid medicine or preparation (usually aqueous) in which the solid ingredients are wholly soluble.
• (n.) The termination of a disease; resolution.

noun

• A way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps. )
• An acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed.
  • synonyms: method acting

• (n.) An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
• (n.) Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual.
• (n.) Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnaean method.