matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
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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
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a three-dimensional shape
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of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous
<adj.all> ice is water in the solid state
entirely of one substance with no holes inside
<adj.all> a solid block of wood
characterized by good substantial quality
<adj.all> solid comfort a solid base hit
of one substance or character throughout
<adj.all> solid gold carved out of solid rock
uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks
<adj.all> a solid line across the page solid sheets of water
providing abundant nourishment
<adj.all> a hearty meal good solid food ate a substantial breakfast four square meals a day
of good quality and condition; solidly built
<adj.all> a solid foundation several substantial timber buildings
not soft or yielding to pressure
<adj.all> a firm mattress the snow was firm underfoot solid ground
having three dimensions
<adj.all> a solid object
impenetrable for the eye
<adj.all> solid blackness
financially sound
<adj.all> the bank is solid and will survive this attack
of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial
<adj.all> work of solid scholarship based on solid facts
meriting respect or esteem
<adj.all> an upstanding member of the community
of the same color throughout
<adj.all> solid color
acting together as a single undiversified whole
<adj.all> a solid voting bloc
Solid \Sol"id\ (s[o^]l"[i^]d), a. [L. solidus, probably akin to sollus whole, entire, Gr. ???: 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 solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a {hollow} one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy.
3. (Arith.) 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.) 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}. 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.
Usage: {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.
Solid \Sol"id\, n. 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.
{Solid of revolution}. (Geom.) See {Revolution}, n., 5.
Manuel Sanchez, director of the Center for Economic Research and Analysis, a private think tank, said in an interview that short-term anxiety will ease if investors see that the government is negotiating a solid, long-term agreement on the debt.
Environmental Protection Commissioner Leslie Carothers proposed allowing the state to override local zoning and locate solid waste disposal facilities where it wants.
Its IPounds 100m cash hoard makes the company a financially solid business, but the market may get impatient if the continental expansion does not bring the expected rewards in terms of higher earnings.
"He's a solid man," she said. "He stands for a lot of good things.
And I want to see that determined by the alliance and keep the solid alliance position.
Partisan rhetoric might have to give way to solid action on the budget in order to clear the way for Congress to raise the nation's borrowing limit.
In the end, Unisource became an almost inevitable partner. A joint venture between the national operators of Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands, Unisource has direct contact with most of Europe's multinationals and was developing a solid reputation.
The stock market overcame an early round of profit-taking to record a solid advance in response to better-than-expected news on the July trade deficit.
Frozen offerings imported from farther flung seas may prove a better bet. Last week I bought a solid block of small, white squid and hacked my way gratefully through them.
UtiliCorp said despite the declines in the second quarter, it is still "on track" for a solid year, provided it receives adequate rate relief for its Missouri Public Service division in the fourth quarter.
But six months into his presidency, Salinas now speaks with the authority of some solid progress on one of Mexico's most pressing problems: its $107.4 billion foreign debt.
Shawmut's capital exceeds minimum regulatory requirements, and its management maintains that the bank has a solid future.
On the current court, only Justice Scalia has any solid professional expertise in economic issues.
Pennwalt's senior vice president-treasury, Emil J. Mikity, says the company has targeted the drug business as a solid contributor to growth.
The support was solid for the free trade agreement in Mulroney's native Quebec, the French-speaking province where entrepreneurship is credited for a 1980s economic revival, and in the Western oil-and-gas center of Alberta.
Nor did Mr. Davis try to visit any of the "campesinos" who are becoming a solid social base in support of the Contras, or even ask why so many former Sandinistas have defected and become supporters of those who are often said to have been Somocistas.
Excluding the gain, the latest year's earnings still showed solid improvement over last year's net of $22.6 million, or 23 cents a share.
They're solid, mature people whose appetite for politics and for change has been whetted and definitely they don't need gurus or senior advisers," he said.
They had to paddle 200 miles upstream on the Paraguay River in Brazil because high winds had blown water plants into a solid mass that blocked their path, and later spent 17 days without touching shore on the same river because of floods.
But Levine, who is also the Met's artistic director, has defended the conservative choice on grounds that the company needs a solid production it can live with well into the next century, not one that will seem dated or ill-conceived within a few years.
London's September contract was stuck between solid support at Dollars 900 and resistance around Dollars 940 a tonne.
The latest results provided the first solid evidence of Bethlehem's rebound from problems that had made it the subject of bankruptcy-law speculation.
Adds an analyst at another major London brokerage, who asks not to be identified: "Hanson's balance sheet is more solid than Lonrho's, and Lonrho is more solid than Maxwell was.
Adds an analyst at another major London brokerage, who asks not to be identified: "Hanson's balance sheet is more solid than Lonrho's, and Lonrho is more solid than Maxwell was.
According to the National Solid Wastes Management Association, an industry trade group, revenue for the solid and hazardous waste disposal business has grown by about $5 billion to $15 billion in the past five years.
The NRC is on solid ground in reasserting its authority, which is based on many years of detailed study of the tiny risks and large benefits associated with nuclear power.
The king advocated a diplomatic solution to the crisis. In sharp contrast, Ankara gave solid support to the coalition.
The last time he tried to lead the way by presenting a tax package, he was rebuffed, and Rep. Jenkins quietly gathered a slim but solid majority for a capital-gains plan.
She said a union straw poll showed a "very solid majority" of union members in favor of granting union leadership the authority to call a strike.
"Earnings are making solid gains and it looks like the upward trend will continue," says Robert Boaz, Manager of Economics at stockbroker Midland Doherty Ltd.