Solid
Definition of Solid
Sol´id Pronunciation: sǒl´ĭd | a. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy. | | 3. | (Arith.) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches. | | 4. | Firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall. | | 5. | Applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united and form an unbroken word; - opposed to hyphened. | | 6. | Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine. | | 7. | Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body. | | 8. | (Bot.) Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem. | | 9. | (Metaph.) Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion of space; - applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter. | | 10. | (Print.) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open. | | 11. | United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate.| Solid angle | | (Geom.) See under Angle. |
| | n. | 1. | A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid. | | 2. | (Geom.) A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides.| Solid of revolution | | (Geom.) See Revolution, n., 5. |
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