(sÉ-l'shÉn) 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. 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.
Definitions for kataphatic. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word kataphatic. Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: kataphatic. kataphatic theology is the expressing of God or the divine through positive terminology. The predominance of kataphatic language.
Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism. 2. any basic process of organic functioning or operating: changes in the country's economic metabolism.