Solid(a.) 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.
Solid(a.) Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy.
Solid(a.) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
Solid(a.) Firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall.
Solid(a.) Applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united and form an unbroken word; -- opposed to hyphened.
Solid(a.) Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine.
Solid(a.) Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body.
Solid(a.) Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem.
Solid(a.) Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion of space; -- applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter.
Solid(a.) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
Solid(a.) United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate.
Solid(n.) A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid.
Solid(n.) A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides.
Solidate(v. t.) To make solid or firm.
Solidism(n.) The doctrine that refers all diseases to morbid changes of the solid parts of the body. It rests on the view that the solids alone are endowed with vital properties, and can receive the impression of agents tending to produce disease.
Solidity(n.) The state or quality of being solid; density; consistency, -- opposed to fluidity; compactness; fullness of matter, -- opposed to openness or hollowness; strength; soundness, -- opposed to weakness or instability; the primary quality or affection of matter by which its particles exclude or resist all others; hardness; massiveness.
Solidity(n.) Moral firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth; certainty; -- as opposed to weakness or fallaciousness; as, the solidity of arguments or reasoning; the solidity of principles, triuths, or opinions.
Solidity(n.) The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of inclosed space.
Solidly(adv.) In a solid manner; densely; compactly; firmly; truly.
Solidness(n.) State or quality of being solid; firmness; compactness; solidity, as of material bodies.
Solidness(n.) Soundness; strength; truth; validity, as of arguments, reasons, principles, and the like.
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