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Definition of Solid

1. Noun. Matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure.

2. Adjective. Characterized by good substantial quality. "A solid base hit"

3. Noun. 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.

4. Adjective. Of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous. "Ice is water in the solid state"

5. Noun. A three-dimensional shape.

6. Adjective. Entirely of one substance with no holes inside. "A solid block of wood"

7. Adjective. Of one substance or character throughout. "Carved out of solid rock"

8. Adjective. Uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks. "Solid sheets of water"

9. Adjective. Providing abundant nourishment. "Four square meals a day"

10. Adjective. Of good quality and condition; solidly built. "Several substantial timber buildings"

11. Adjective. Not soft or yielding to pressure. "Solid ground"

12. Adjective. Having three dimensions. "A solid object"

13. Adjective. Impenetrable for the eye. "Solid blackness"

14. Adjective. Financially sound. "The bank is solid and will survive this attack"

15. Adjective. Of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial. "Based on solid facts"

16. Adjective. Meriting respect or esteem. "An upstanding member of the community"

17. Adjective. Of the same color throughout. "Solid color"

18. Adjective. Acting together as a single undiversified whole. "A solid voting bloc"

Definition of Solid

1. 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.

2. n. A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid.

Definition of Solid

1. Acronym. (programming object-oriented) (acronym of single responsibility principle Single responsibility, open-closed principle Open-closed, Liskov substitution principle Liskov substitution, interface segregation principle Interface segregation and dependency inversion principle Dependency inversion) (gloss When followed, the created system will be more likely easy to maintain, and extend over time.) ¹

2. Adjective. In the solid state; not fluid. ¹

3. Adjective. Large, massive. ¹

4. Adjective. Lacking holes or hollows; ''as'' solid gold, solid chocolate. ¹

5. Adjective. Strong or unyielding; ''as'' a solid foundation. ¹

6. Adjective. (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or Infallible (hyperbole); a filling meal, foolproof concept, sound idea, notable work of art, or a person with integrity. ¹

7. Adjective. (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens. ¹

8. Adjective. Being of a single color throughout. ¹

9. Noun. (chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas). ¹

10. Noun. (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve). ¹

11. Noun. (slang) Favor; '''a solid''': a favor, a helpful deed; '''in solid''': in favor. ¹

12. Noun. An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout. ¹

13. Noun. Food which is not liquid-based. ¹

14. Adverb. (typography) Without spaces or hyphens. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Solid

1. having definite shape and volume [adj -IDER, -IDEST] / a solid substance [n -S]

Medical Definition of Solid

1. 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. Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches. In this sense, cubics now generally used. 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. Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine. "The solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer." (Milton) "These, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men." (Dryden) "The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem." (J. A. Symonds) 7. Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body. 8. Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem. 9. 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. Not having the lines separated by leads; not open. 11. United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate. Solid angle. See Angle. Solid colour, an even colour; one not shaded or variegated. Solid green. See Emerald green, under Green. Solid measure, a square body or troops in which the ranks and files are equal. Synonym: Hard, firm, compact, strong, substantial, stable, sound, real, valid, true, just, weighty, profound, grave, important. Solid, Hard. These words both relate to the internal constitution of bodies; but hardnotes a more impenetrable nature or a firmer adherence of the component parts than solid. Hard is opposed to soft, and solid to fluid, liquid, open, or hollow. Wood is usually solid; but some kinds of wood are hard, and others are soft. "Repose you there; while I [return] to this hard house, More harder than the stones whereof 't is raised." (Shak) "I hear his thundering voice resound, And trampling feet than shake the solid ground." (Dryden) Origin: L. Solidus, probably akin to sollus whole, entire, Gr., cf. F. Solide. Cf. Consolidate,Soda, Solder, Soldier, Solemn. 1. A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid. 2. A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides. Solid of revolution. See Revolution. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solid

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solicits solicitude solicitudes solicity solid (current term) solid-state solid-state detector solid-state device solid-state physics solid angle

solid angles solid as a rock solid body substance solid breeder solid emulsion solid figure solid geometry solid ground solid lesion of spleen

Literary usage of Solid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Greek Mathematics by Thomas Little Heath (1921)
"One of the first was that of the duplication of the cube, which was a problem of geometry in three dimensions or solid geometry. Consequently, when it -was ..."

2. Philosophical Magazine (1830)
"nnO determine the form of the solid which attracts a body •*• on the surface with the ... the body attracted, be a point on the surface of the solid. ..."

3. The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements by Euclid, Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1908)
"solid figures which satisfy the definition but are clearly not equal (the smaller having a re-entrant angle); whence it also appears that two unequal solid ..."

4. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: To which are Now First Added, I. An by John Locke (1828)
"Our idea of body, as I think, is an extended solid substance, capable of communicating motion by impulse: and our idea of soul, as an immaterial spirit, ..."

5. Federal Options for Reducing Waste Disposal by Terry Dinan (1995)
"THE PROBLEM OF MOUNTING MUNICIPAL solid WASTE AND SOME OPTIONS FOR DEALING WITH IT Americans generated 4.0 pounds of waste per person per day in, ..."

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