Sol"id (s&obreve;l"&ibreve;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.
&fist; 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.
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.) A magnitude which has
length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all
sides.
Solid of revolution. (Geom.) See
Revolution, n., 5.
Sol"id (s&obreve;l"&ibreve;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.
&fist; 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.
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.) A magnitude which has
length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all
sides.
Solid of revolution. (Geom.) See
Revolution, n., 5.
