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 | | Solution is 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. |
 | | {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. |
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