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Webster 1913 Edition
Solid
Sol′id
(sŏl′ĭd)
, Adj.
[L.
solidus
, probably akin to sollus
whole, entire, Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK]: cf. F. 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
; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy. solid
globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow
one3.
(Arith.)
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.
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 bodyI. Watts.
8.
(Bot.)
Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem.
9.
(Metaph.)
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.)
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
. – 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
, Adj.
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
More
hard
house,More
harder
than the stones whereof ’t is raised. Shakespeare
I hear his thundering voice resound,
And trampling feet than shake the
And trampling feet than shake the
solid
ground. Dryden.
Sol′id
,Noun.
1.
A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid.
2.
(Geom.)
A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides.
Webster 1828 Edition
Solid
SOL'ID
,Adj.
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.