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SOL'ID, a. [L, solidus; from the sense to setting or pressure, and hence allied to L. solum, Eng. sill.] 1. Hard; firm; compact; having its constituent particles so close or dense as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies. Hence solid bodies are not penetrable, not are the parts moveable and easily displaced like those of fluids. Solid is opposed to fluid and liquid.2. Not hollow; full of matter; as a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one.3. Having all the gemetrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1728 solid inhes. [In this sense, cubic is not generally used.]4. Firm; compact; strong; as a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall.5. Sound; not weakly; as a solid constitution of body. [Sound is more generally used.]6. Real; sound; valid; true; just; not empty or fallacious. Wise men seek solid reasons for their opinions.7. Grave; profound; not light, trifling or superficial. These wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men.8. In botany, of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spungy or hollow within, as a stem.
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SOL'ID, a. [L, solidus; from the sense to setting or pressure, and hence allied to L. solum, Eng. sill.] 1. Hard; firm; compact; having its constituent particles so close or dense as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies. Hence solid bodies are not penetrable, not are the parts moveable and easily displaced like those of fluids. Solid is opposed to fluid and liquid.2. Not hollow; full of matter; as a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one.3. Having all the gemetrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1728 solid inhes. [In this sense, cubic is not generally used.]4. Firm; compact; strong; as a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall.5. Sound; not weakly; as a solid constitution of body. [Sound is more generally used.]6. Real; sound; valid; true; just; not empty or fallacious. Wise men seek solid reasons for their opinions.7. Grave; profound; not light, trifling or superficial. These wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men.8. In botany, of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spungy or hollow within, as a stem. | SOL'ID, a. [L. solidus; Fr. solide; It. and Sp. solido; from the sense of setting or pressure, and hence allied to L. solum, Eng. sill.]- Hard; firm; compact; having its constituent particles so close or dense as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies. Hence solid bodies are not penetrable, nor are the parts movable and easily displaced like those of fluids. Solid is opposed to fluid and liquid.
- Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one.
- Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1728 solid inches. Arbuthnot. [In this sense, cubic is now generally used.]
- Firm; compact; strong; as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall. – Addison.
- Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body. [Sound is more generally used.] – Watts.
- Real; sound; valid; true; just; not empty or fallacious. Wise men seek solid reasons for their opinions.
- Grave; profound; not light, trifling or superficial.
These wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men. – Dryden.
- In botany, of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem. – Martyn.
A solid foot contains 1728 solid inches, weighing 1000 ounces of rain water.
Solid angle, an angle formed by three or more plane angles meeting to a point.
Solid square, in military language, is a square body of troops; a body in which the ranks and files are equal.
SOL'ID, n.A firm compact body. In anatomy and medical science, the bones, flesh and vessels of animal bodies are called solids, in distinction from the blood, chyle and other fluids. | Sol"id
- 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.
- A
substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its
particles; a substance not fluid.
- Not hollow; full of matter; as, a
solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one;
not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy.
- A magnitude which has
length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all
sides.
- Having all the geometrical
dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid
inches.
- Firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding;
as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid
wall.
- Applied to a compound word whose parts are
closely united and form an unbroken word; -- opposed to
hyphened.
- Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem;
substantial, as opposed to frivolous or fallacious;
weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine.
- Sound; not weakly; as, a solid
constitution of body.
- Of a fleshy, uniform,
undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within,
as a stem.
- Impenetrable; resisting or
excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion
of space; -- applied to the supposed ultimate particles of
matter.
- Not having the lines
separated by leads; not open.
- United; without division; unanimous; as,
the delegation is solid for a candidate.
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Solid SOL'ID, adjective [L, solidus; from the sense to setting or pressure, and hence allied to Latin solum, Eng. sill.] 1. Hard; firm; compact; having its constituent particles so close or dense as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies. Hence solid bodies are not penetrable, not are the parts moveable and easily displaced like those of fluids. solid is opposed to fluid and liquid. 2. Not hollow; full of matter; as a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one. 3. Having all the gemetrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1728 solid inhes. [In this sense, cubic is not generally used.] 4. Firm; compact; strong; as a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall. 5. Sound; not weakly; as a solid constitution of body. [Sound is more generally used.] 6. Real; sound; valid; true; just; not empty or fallacious. Wise men seek solid reasons for their opinions. 7. Grave; profound; not light, trifling or superficial. These wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men. 8. In botany, of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spungy or hollow within, as a stem. A solid FOOT, contains 1728 solid inches, weighing 1000 ounces of rain water. SOLID ANGLE, an angle formed by three or more plain angles meeting in a point. SOLID SQUARE, in military language, is a square body of troops; a body in which the ranks and files are equal. SO'LID, noun A firm compact body. In anatomy and medical science, the bones, flesh and vessls of animal bodies are called solids, in distinction from the blood, chyle and other fluids.
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