" solid "

[Adjective]  | "sol*id" | \ ˈsä-ləd \

1: being without an internal cavity

2: printed with minimum space between lines

3: joined without a hyphen

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English solide, from Middle French, from Latin solidus; akin to Greek holos whole {mat|safe|};

[Adjective]  | "sol*id-look*ing" | \ ˌsä-ləd-ˈlu̇k-iŋ \

1: giving an impression of solid worth or substance

Origin: 1840 ;

[Adjective]  | "sol*id-state" | \ ˌsä-ləd-ˈstāt \

1: relating to the properties, structure, or reactivity of solid material; especially : relating to the arrangement or behavior of ions, molecules, nucleons, electrons, and holes in the crystals of a substance (such as a semiconductor) or to the effect of crystal imperfections on the properties of a solid substance

2: utilizing the electric, magnetic, or optical properties of solid materials

3: using semiconductor devices rather than electron tubes

Origin: circa 1951 ;

[Noun]  | "solid" 

1: a geometrical figure or element (such as a cube or sphere) having three dimensions

2: a substance that does not flow perceptibly under moderate stress, has a definite capacity for resisting forces (such as compression or tension) which tend to deform it, and under ordinary conditions retains a definite size and shape

3: the part of a solution or suspension that when freed from solvent or suspending medium has the qualities of a solid —usually used in plural

Origin: 15th century ;

[Noun]  | "solid angle" 

1: the three-dimensional angular spread at the vertex of a cone measured by the area intercepted by the cone on a unit sphere whose center is the vertex of the cone

Origin: circa 1704 ;

[Noun]  | "solid geometry" 

1: a branch of geometry that deals with figures of three-dimensional space

Origin: 1733 ;

[Noun]  | "regular solid" 

1: any of the five possible regular polyhedrons that include the regular forms of the tetrahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron

Origin: 1785 ;

[Adverb]  | "solid" 

1: in a solid manner; also : unanimously

Origin: 1651 ;

[Noun phrase]  | "solid of revolution" 

1: a mathematical solid conceived as formed by the revolution of a plane figure about an axis in its plane

Origin: 1816 ;

[Idiom]  | "solid as a rock" 

1: very strong or solid

[Adjective]  | "solid"