SOLID
\sˈɒlɪd], \sˈɒlɪd], \s_ˈɒ_l_ɪ_d]\
Definitions of SOLID
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a three-dimensional shape
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the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape
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a substance that is solid at room temperature and pressure
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uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks; "a solid line across the page"; "solid sheets of water"
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incapable of being seen through; "solid blackness"
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having three dimensions; "a solid object"
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of one substance or character throughout; "solid gold"; "a solid color"; "carved out of solid rock"
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of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous; "ice is water in the solid state"
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entirely of one substance with no holes inside; "solid silver"; "a solid block of wood"
By Princeton University
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a three-dimensional shape
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the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape
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a substance that is solid at room temperature and pressure
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uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks; "a solid line across the page"; "solid sheets of water"
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incapable of being seen through; "solid blackness"
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having three dimensions; "a solid object"
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turned into or covered with thick ice; "a brook frozen solid"
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of one substance or character throughout; "solid gold"; "a solid color"; "carved out of solid rock"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; -- opposed to fluid and liquid or to plastic, like clay, or to incompact, like sand.
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Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy.
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Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
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Firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall.
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Applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united and form an unbroken word; -- opposed to hyphened.
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Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine.
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Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body.
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Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem.
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Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion of space; -- applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter.
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Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
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United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate.
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A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid.
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A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides.
By Oddity Software
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Capable of withstanding pressure; opposite to fluia; compact; cubic; as, solid contents; not hollow; weighty; as, a solid argument; colloquially, continuous; as, a solid hour; firm; as, a solid foundation.
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A body capable of resisting pressure; a substance not fluid; a body having length, breadth, and thickness.
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Solidly.
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Solidness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Solidly.
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Solidness.
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Having the parts firmly adhering: hard: compact: full of matter: not hollow: strong: having length, breadth, and thickness (opp. to a mere surface): cubic: substantial: weighty.
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A substance having the parts firmly adhering together: a firm, compact body, opposed to fluid.
By Daniel Lyons
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Solidly.
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Solidness.
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Compact, firm, and unyielding; substantial; not hollow.
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A hard substance; something that has length, breadth, and thickness.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A body whose integrant molecules are so united by the force of cohesion, that they will not separate by their own weight. The solids, in the human body, are the bones, cartilages, tendons, muscles, ligaments, arteries, veins, nerves, membranes, skin, &c. The anatomy, or rather study of the solids, is called Stereol'ogy.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. A firm, compact body ; a substance held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles ; -a magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness ;-pl. The bones, flesh, muscles, and vessels, as distinguished from the blood, chyle, and other fluids.
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