Definition of solid

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Solid (a.) 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..

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Ungula :: Ungula (n.) A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; -- so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse..
Prismoidal :: Prismoidal (a.) Having the form of a prismoid; as, prismoidal solids..
Menstruum :: Menstruum (n.) Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent.
Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure..
Solid :: Solid (a.) Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine..
Bond :: Bond (v. t.) To dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity..
Ostracion :: Ostracion (n.) A genus of plectognath fishes having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes..
Solid :: Solid (n.) A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid.
Cuproid :: Cuproid (n.) A solid related to a tetrahedron, and contained under twelve equal triangles..
Diploid :: Diploid (n.) A solid bounded by twenty-four similar quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron.
Body :: Body (n.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure..
Marine :: Marine (a.) A solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty in the navy.
Trapezohedron :: Trapezohedron (n.) A solid bounded by twenty-four equal and similar trapeziums; a tetragonal trisoctahedron. See the Note under Trisoctahedron.
Springer :: Springer (n.) The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting..
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc..
Fuse :: Fuse (v. i.) To be reduced from a solid to a Quid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.
Ovoid :: Ovoid (n.) A solid resembling an egg in shape.
Crystallization :: Crystallization (n.) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized..
Thick :: Thick (superl.) Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches thick..
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