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Definition of Solidity
1. Noun. The consistency of a solid.
Generic synonyms: Body, Consistence, Consistency, Eubstance
Specialized synonyms: Compactness, Impermeability, Impermeableness
Antonyms: Porosity
Derivative terms: Solid, Solid, Solid
2. Noun. State of having the interior filled with matter.
3. Noun. The quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally. "The solidness of her faith gave her enduring hope"
Generic synonyms: Dependability, Dependableness, Reliability, Reliableness
Derivative terms: Solid, Solid, Solid, Solid
Definition of Solidity
1. 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.
Definition of Solidity
1. Noun. The state or quality of being solid. ¹
2. Noun. Moral firmness; validity; truth; certainty. ¹
3. Noun. (geometry) The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of inclosed space. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Solidity
1. the quality or state of being solid [n -TIES]
Medical Definition of Solidity
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1. 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. "That which hinders the approach of two bodies when they are moving one toward another, I call solidity." (Locke)
2. 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.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Solidity
Literary usage of Solidity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1894)
"IDEA OF solidity. i. THE idea of solidity we receive by our touch: and it BOOK n.
arises from the resistance which we find in body to the „ " . ..."
2. A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume (1874)
"Locke gets out of the difficulty by Ms doctrine of solidity. In which he equivocates
between body Locke is body 'in itself or as the real)—and it is clearly ..."
3. The Classical Psychologists: Selections Illustrating Psychology from by Benjamin Rand (1912)
"The idea of solidity we receive by our touch; and it arises from the ... There is
no idea which we receive more constantly from sensation than solidity. ..."
4. A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental by David Hume (1890)
"In order to form an idea of solidity we must conceive two bodies pressing on each
... Of solidity, then, the ultimate determination of the supposed real, ..."
5. Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy by Benjamin Rand (1908)
"The idea of solidity we receive by our touch; and it arises from the ... There is
no idea which we receive more constantly from sensation than solidity. ..."
6. Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy by Benjamin Rand (1908)
"The idea of solidity we receive by our touch; and it arises from the ... There is
no idea which we receive more constantly from sensation than solidity. ..."
7. Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy by Benjamin Rand (1908)
"The idea of solidity we receive by our touch; and it arises from the ... There is
no idea which we receive more constantly from sensation than solidity. ..."
8. An essay concerning human understanding by John Locke (1823)
"The most considerable of those belonging to the touch, are heat, and cold, and
solidity; all the rest, consisting almost wholly ..."
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