Solidity

//səˈlɪdɪti// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being solid. countable, uncountable

    "If colours, sounds, tastes, and smells be merely perceptions, nothing we can conceive is possest of a real, continu'd, and independent existence; not even motion, extension and solidity, which are the primary qualities chiefly insisted on."

  2. 2
    the quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally wordnet
  3. 3
    Moral firmness; validity; truth; certainty. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the consistency of a solid wordnet
  5. 5
    The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of enclosed space. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    state of having the interior filled with matter wordnet

Synonyms

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solidnesscompactnessconsistencydensityhardnesssolidness

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"“The Great Sphinx of Tanis” from ancient Egypt dates back over four thousand six hundred years. This stone statue has the body of a lion and the head of an Egyptian ruler. It expresses a sense of permanence and solidity."

Etymology

From solid + -ity, from Middle French solidité, from Latin soliditās.

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