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Webster 1913 Edition


Solidity

So-lid′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
soliditas
: cf. F.
solidité
.]
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
.
3.
(Geom.)
The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of inclosed space.
Syn. – Firmness; solidness; hardness; density; compactness; strength; soundness; validity; certainty.

Webster 1828 Edition


Solidity

SOLID'ITY

,
Noun.
[L. soliditas.]
1.
Firmness; hardness; density; compactness; that quality of bodies whcih resists impression and penetration; opposed to fluidity. That which hinders the apporach of two bodies moving ine towards another, I call solidity.
2.
Fullness of matter; opposed to hollowness.
3.
Moral firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth; certainty; as opposed to weakness or fallaciounes; as the soildity of arguments or reasonig; the solidity of principles, truths or opinious.
4.
In geometry, the solid contents of a body.

Definition 2024


solidity

solidity

English

Noun

solidity (countable and uncountable, plural solidities)

  1. The state or quality of being solid.
  2. Moral firmness; validity; truth; certainty.
  3. (geometry) The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of inclosed space.

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