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SOLID
solid
(adjective) uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks; “a solid line across the page”; “solid sheets of water”
solid
(adjective) impenetrable for the eye; “solid blackness”
solid
(adjective) having three dimensions; “a cube is a solid figure with six sides”
solid, unanimous, whole
(adjective) acting together as a single undiversified whole; “a solid voting bloc”
solid
(adjective) characterized by good substantial quality; “solid comfort”; “a solid base hit”
firm, solid
(adjective) not soft or yielding to pressure; “a firm mattress”; “the snow was firm underfoot”; “solid ground”
solid
(adjective) of one substance or character throughout; “solid gold”; “carved out of solid rock”
solid, self-colored, self-coloured
(adjective) of the same color throughout; “solid color”
upstanding, solid
(adjective) meriting respect or esteem; “an upstanding member of the community”
solid
(adjective) of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial; “work of solid scholarship”; “based on solid facts”
solid
(adjective) of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous; “ice is water in the solid state”
solid
(adjective) entirely of one substance with no holes inside; “a solid block of wood”
solid
(adjective) financially sound; “the bank is solid and will survive this attack”
solid, strong, substantial
(adjective) of good quality and condition; solidly built; “a solid foundation”; “several substantial timber buildings”
hearty, satisfying, solid, square, substantial
(adjective) providing abundant nourishment; “a hearty meal”; “good solid food”; “ate a substantial breakfast”; “four square meals a day”
solid
(noun) a three-dimensional shape
solid, solidness, solid state
(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
solid
(noun) matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
solid (comparative more solid, superlative most solid)
(of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid or a gas.
Large in size, quantity, or value.
Synonyms: massive, substantial
Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
Strong or unyielding.
(slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
Hearty; filling.
Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
Financially well off; wealthy.
Sound; not weak.
(typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
Synonym: closed (as in closed compound)
Coordinate terms: hyphenation, writing as separate words (translation hub)
(printing, dated) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
(US, politics, slang) United; without division; unanimous.
Of a single color throughout.
(of drawn lines) Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.
(dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.
Hyponyms
• rock solid
Noun
solid (plural solids)
(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).
(geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
(informal) A favor.
An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
(in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.
Adverb
solid (comparative more solid, superlative most solid)
Solidly.
(not comparable, typography) Without spaces or hyphens.
Anagrams
• diols, idols, lidos, loids, sloid, soldi
Noun
SOLID
(programming, object-oriented) Acronym of Single responsibility, Open-closed, Liskov substitution, Interface segregation and Dependency inversion. (When followed, the created system will be more likely easy to maintain, and extend over time.)
Anagrams
• diols, idols, lidos, loids, sloid, soldi
Source: Wiktionary
Sol"id, a. Etym: [L. solidus, probably akin to sollus whole, entire, Gr. solide. Cf. Consolidate,Soda, Solder, Soldier, Solemn.]
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 Ant: hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy.
3. (Arith.)
Definition: Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
Note: 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. Fig.: 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. I. Watts.
8. (Bot.)
Definition: Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem.
9. (Metaph.)
Definition: 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.)
Definition: Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
11. United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate. [Polit. Cant. U.S.] Solid angle. (Geom.) See under Angle.
– Solid color, an even color; one not shaded or variegated.
– Solid green. See Emerald green (a), under Green.
– Solid measure (Arith.), a measure for volumes, in which the units are each a cube of fixed linear magnitude, as a cubic foot, yard, or the like; thus, a foot, in solid measure, or a solid foot, contains 1,728 solid inches.
– Solid newel (Arch.), a newel into which the ends of winding stairs are built, in distinction from a hollow newel. See under Hollow, a.
– Solid problem (Geom.), a problem which can be construed geometrically, only by the intersection of a circle and a conic section or of two conic sections. Hutton.
– Solid square (Mil.), a square body or troops in which the ranks and files are equal.
Syn.
– 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.
Sol"id, n.
1. A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid.
2. (Geom.)
Definition: A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides. Solid of revolution. (Geom.) See Revolution, n., 5.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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