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Definition of Semisolid
1. Adjective. Partly solid; having a rigidity and viscosity intermediate between a solid and a liquid. "A semisolid mixture"
Definition of Semisolid
1. a. Partially solid.
Definition of Semisolid
1. Adjective. Having properties that partially resemble those of a solid; having properties between those of a solid and those of a liquid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Semisolid
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semisolid
Literary usage of Semisolid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Obstetrics for nurses by Joseph Bolivar De Lee (1917)
"semisolid Diet.—All the above plus eggnog, milk- toast, cereal foods (boiled),
ice-cream, corn-starch pudding, blanc-mange, soft-boiled eggs, scraped beef, ..."
2. Laboratory Manual of Bituminous Materials for the Use of Students in Highway by Prévost Hubbard (1916)
"semisolid AND SOLID PETROLEUM AND ASPHALT PRODUCTS semisolid petroleum and asphalt
products are used as asphalt cements or joint fillers. ..."
3. Highway Inspectors' Handbook by Prévost Hubbard (1919)
"semisolid Refined Tars, (a) The semisolid refined tars are usually very viscous
tar residues intended primarily to serve as bituminous cements in the road ..."
4. First Outlines of a Dictionary of Solubilities of Chemical Substances by Frank Humphreys Storer (1864)
"Much more soluble in cold than in hot water, a clear, cold saturated solution
becoming semisolid when heated nearly to the boiling point (Back ton. ..."
5. Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London: Vol. I-XLIX, for the Year by Obstetrical Society of London (1887)
"... a semisolid tumour, not mobile, but very tender on pressure (e). There was
marked supra-pubic oedema. Per vaginam, in the anterior cul-de-sac was a mass ..."
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