solidityn.

/səˈlɪdɪti/

Forms: Also 1500s solidyte, 1500s–1600s soliditie.

Etymology: < French solidité (= Italian solidità ) or Latin soliditāt-em, < solidus solid adj.: see -ity suffix.

a. The quality of being solid or substantial, in various figurative or transferred senses.

ΚΠ

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 720/2 The trouth of Goddes woorde..hath his solidyte, substaunce and fastnesse of and in it selfe.

a1610 J. Healey tr. Cebes' Table in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) 150 The genius bids them, never give credence unto her, never to imagine any solidity in her bounties.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 61 No Kingdom..in the solidity of the Laws..was more Secure than England.

1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 542 Assure me of the solidity of your recovery.

1804 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 213 Prussia has grown up so fast that there is a want of solidity.

1866 J. R. Seeley Ecce Homo (ed. 8) iv. 36 Human relations gained a solidity and permanence which they had never before seemed to have.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. ii. 39 That unsubstantial pageant of the imagination to which the solidity of science is opposed.

b. Of persons, in respect of learning, judgement, character, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [noun]

steadfastnessa1000

anrednessOE

stead-stathelfastness?c1225

stability13..

steadfastshipc1320

traistnessa1340

constance1340

sadnessc1384

unmovablenessc1384

hardnessa1400

steadfastheadc1400

unmobletya1425

firmitya1450

constancy1526

constantness1530

firmitude?1541

firmness1553

stoutness1561

settledness1571

cleaving1580

solidity1607

immovableness1617

staunchness1623

fixedness1626

fixationa1631

unswayednessa1656

steadiness1663

sturdiness1675

unbendingness1824

indomitability1851

indomitableness1860

thick and thin1884

fixity1885

unshakability1907

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 639 Now I know such is the solidity of diuers Readers & people, that [etc.].

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Hants. 9 Men resembled him to one of the Ships-Royal..called the Swift-sure, such his celerity and solidity in all Affairs.

1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Consol. Philos. iv. pr. i. (1712) 176 These..things..may put an end to thy Complaints, and strengthen thee with all Firmness and Solidity.

1723 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 33 The King expressed at that time an uncommon esteem of Mr. Henderson for his learning, piety, and solidity.

1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) iii. 87 One must admire them for their solidity, industry, and pains-taking in every thing.

1821 Rich Journ. Persepolis 12 Sept. in Babylon & P. (1839) 268 The Persians are unthinking, perpetually joking, and deficient in solidity.

1869 A. Maclaren Serm. preached in Manch. 2nd Ser. vii. 120 Without that armour, there will not be solidity enough in our character.

c. Of argument, demonstration, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > strength of evidence

strength?c1400

solidity1646

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > argument, source of conviction > [noun] > strength of argument

strength?c1400

of…validity1581

logic1601

pregnancy1622

solidity1646

cogency1690

pregnantness1727

validness1727

cogence1782

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vi. 20 Establishing their assertion, not onely with great solidity.

1667 M. Poole Dialogue between Popish Priest & Protestant 78 Not for any solidity of Argument (that had been pedantick).

1677 J. Owen Doctr. Justif. by Faith xii, in Wks. (1851) III. 263 Such niceties have more of philosophical subtlety than theological solidity in them.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1775 I. 560 [Johnson:] That the Colonists could with no solidity argue..that they should not now be taxed.

1826 J. Kent Comm. Amer. Law I. i. 18 In cases where the principal jurists agree, the presumption will be very great in favour of the solidity of their maxims.

1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 136 A remarkable response, objecting to the decree with much solidity and clearness.

d. Of judgement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun] > good or sound judgement > quality of

sobriety1548

soundnessa1600

solidity1727

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Soundness,..Solidity of Judgment.

1774 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic ii. §2. 28 In proportion to the solidity and accuracy of a man's judgment.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 23 Good sense, perspicuity, accuracy, and solidity of judgment.

1882 B. A. Hinsdale Garfield & Educ. i. 116 Close observation, high analytical..ability, solidity of judgment.

a. The quality or condition of being materially solid; compactness and firmness of texture, structure, etc. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun]

fastness?a1200

spissitudec1440

solidiousness1495

grossness1527

massiveness1530

substantialness1530

substantiality1535

crassness1545

massiness1559

stiffness1577

spissness1598

solidness1600

density1603

solidity1603

crassitude1604

condensity1611

thightness1615

compactedness1644

compactness1646

body1647

crassities1659

denseness1669

tightnessa1728

corporeity1750

substantiability1816

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1302 A land altogether barren and unfruitfull, by reason of hardnesse and stiffe soliditie.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 238 Tunnie;..in taste something resembling flesh, as in colour and soliditie.

1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xxxi. 381 We may discern between hardness and softness, a middle temperament, which is called solidity and firmness.

1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. i. 46 Solidity, according to the vulgar and popular sense of it, wherein it is used for hardness.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 213 They have the solidity of the hardest bone.

1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xxv. 446 A fibro-cartilaginous substance..fills the interior of each mandible, and thus gives it sufficient solidity for all required purposes.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy ix When they came to take the hay~stack to pieces, the solidity of its centre rather astonished them.

b. Of buildings, edifices, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > quality of building generally

solidity1662

substantiality1790

1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building (title page) The three chief Principles of Magnificent Building, viz. Solidity, Conveniency, and Ornament.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 72 They load the edifice of society, by setting up in the air what the solidity of the structure requires to be on the ground.

1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 25 The château..strikes the spectator by its solidity and magnificence.

1867 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims in Wks. (1906) III. 227 Our..architecture [is] tent-like, when compared with the monumental solidity of mediæval..remains in Europe and Asia.

a. Geometry. The amount of space occupied by a solid body; volume, cubic or solid content.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > [noun] > geometrical property

duality1532

magnitude1570

solidity1570

order1706

symmetry1823

unicursality1887

self-coincidence1902

closure1905

non-orientability1938

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun] > a) dimension(s) > property of having three dimensions > volume

bulkc1449

birth1553

capacity?a1560

crassitude?a1560

solidity1570

content1612

bouka1689

volume1794

cubage1840

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiij^v To vnderstand the Soliditie, and content of any bodily thing.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. F6^v [The soul] finds out Phœbus vast soliditie By his diametre.

a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 524 If a Right Cylinder have the Diameter 14, and the Height..as much; then shall the Area of each Base be 154,..and the Solidity 2156.

1743 W. Emerson Doctr. Fluxions 127 To find a Cone of the greatest Solidity under a given convex Surface and Base b.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 551 Find the solidity of the trench in cubic feet, and divide it by 27.

1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 285 The solidity of the frustrum will be equal to the solidity of the whole cone.

b. Relative density or mass.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun] > specific gravity

density1665

specific gravity1666

solidity1698

gravity1750

relative density1776

1698 J. Keill Exam. Theory Earth (1734) 33 The surfaces of bodies not increasing in the same proportion with their solidities or weights.

1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 2 Attraction in all Bodies is cæteris paribus as their Solidities.

1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 2 It is probable, that animated Bodies act according to their Solidities.

c. The ratio of the area of the blades of a propeller (counting one side only) to the area of the circle they turn in.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > parts which provide power > [noun] > propeller > ratios, etc., of

slip1844

slip angle1878

slip ratio1878

solidity1926

1926 H. Glauert Elem. Aerofoil & Airscrew Theory xvi. 213 This quantity σ represents the ratio of the area of the blade elements to the area of the annulus at the radial distance τ, and may be termed the solidity of the blade element.

1953 D. O. Dommasch Elem. Propeller & Helicopter Aerodynamics ii. 61 As far as propeller operation is concerned, increasing solidity has much the same effect as decreasing the aspect ratio of the wing.

1980 Sci. Amer. July 114/2 The twin screws of the 31-knot Queen Elizabeth 2, each of which absorbs 55,000 h.p., are appreciably smaller, turn much faster and have an even greater solidity than the screws of the largest tankers.

a. The property of occupying a certain amount of space.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > [noun] > space occupied by something > property of occupying space

solidity1690

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. iv. 48 That which thus hinders the approach of two Bodies, when they are moving one towards another, I call Solidity.

1777 J. Priestley Doctr. Philos. Necessity 177 A substance that has no properties besides extension and solidity.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 270 The solidity of matter..expresses that property which every body possesses of not permitting any other body to occupy the same place with it at the same time.

1884 B. Bosanquet et al. tr. H. Lotze Metaphysic 304 He mentions Lambert's account of Solidity as a necessary property of all material existence.

b. Extension in the three dimensions of space.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun] > a) dimension(s) > property of having three dimensions

solidity1864

tridimensionality1894

three-dimensionality1926

1864 A. Bain Senses & Intellect (ed. 2) i. ii. 240 It is this dissimilarity of the pictures that is the chief optical sign of solidity or of three dimensions.

1886 J. Sully Teacher's Handbk. Psychol. viii. 140 That the eye has little knowledge of solidity.

5. A solid thing or body. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun] > a dense or solid thing or body

clota1000

goba1382

massa1382

gobbetc1384

clustera1387

lumpa1400

grume1555

solidity1604

concrescence1610

concression1613

concretion1646

ponderant1656

condensation1665

clumper1673

clue1674

solid1698

clump1699

wodge1847

density1858

boulder1861

doorstop1967

swadge1968

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > thing or material object

thingOE

bodya1398

objecta1398

substance1525

cheat1567

solidity1604

article1618

material objecta1651

res extensa1652

extensum1678

businessa1684

animal1729

materiate1755

affair1763

thingy1787

fellow1816

concern1824

jockey1827

toy1895

yoke1910

doojigger1927

bitch1951

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iv. 48 Heauens face doth glowe Ore this solidity and compound masse..Is thought sick.

1665 T. H. Exact Surv. Affaires Netherlands 195 Their Apparel was plain, and their Ambition onely upon Realities and Solidities.

1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 43 It has a greater Force to sustain the Solidity it supports.

1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 324 By convenience is meant a firm solidity to place the end of the Braces against.

1844 T. Hood Turtles 36 Fruits, victual, drink, solidities, or slops.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ix. 216 A man..owed a great deal more to himself as the mainstay of all those solidities, than to feelings..quite unsubstantial.

6. = solidarity n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal concepts > [noun] > aggregates of rights and duties > obligation involving joint rights and duties

solidity1706

solidarity1875

1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. iv. ix. 431 (note) Solidity in the French Law is a joint Obligation entred into by several Creditors, by which every one of the Obligees binds himself to pay what they all owe in Common, upon the default of the rest.

1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts xiv. 149 This solidity in respect of creditors is very rare: it is not to be confounded with indivisibility of obligation.

1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts xiv. 149 The effects of solidity towards creditors, when it does occur, are as follow. Each of the creditors, being so for the whole, may consequently demand the whole [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	solidity
释义	solidityn. /səˈlɪdɪti/ Forms: Also 1500s solidyte, 1500s–1600s soliditie. Etymology: < French solidité (= Italian solidità ) or Latin soliditāt-em, < solidus solid adj.: see -ity suffix. 1. a. The quality of being solid or substantial, in various figurative or transferred senses. ΚΠ 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 720/2 The trouth of Goddes woorde..hath his solidyte, substaunce and fastnesse of and in it selfe. a1610 J. Healey tr. Cebes' Table in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) 150 The genius bids them, never give credence unto her, never to imagine any solidity in her bounties. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 61 No Kingdom..in the solidity of the Laws..was more Secure than England. 1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 542 Assure me of the solidity of your recovery. 1804 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 213 Prussia has grown up so fast that there is a want of solidity. 1866 J. R. Seeley Ecce Homo (ed. 8) iv. 36 Human relations gained a solidity and permanence which they had never before seemed to have. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. ii. 39 That unsubstantial pageant of the imagination to which the solidity of science is opposed. b. Of persons, in respect of learning, judgement, character, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [noun] steadfastnessa1000 anrednessOE stead-stathelfastness?c1225 stability13.. steadfastshipc1320 traistnessa1340 constance1340 sadnessc1384 unmovablenessc1384 hardnessa1400 steadfastheadc1400 unmobletya1425 firmitya1450 constancy1526 constantness1530 firmitude?1541 firmness1553 stoutness1561 settledness1571 cleaving1580 solidity1607 immovableness1617 staunchness1623 fixedness1626 fixationa1631 unswayednessa1656 steadiness1663 sturdiness1675 unbendingness1824 indomitability1851 indomitableness1860 thick and thin1884 fixity1885 unshakability1907 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 639 Now I know such is the solidity of diuers Readers & people, that [etc.]. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Hants. 9 Men resembled him to one of the Ships-Royal..called the Swift-sure, such his celerity and solidity in all Affairs. 1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Consol. Philos. iv. pr. i. (1712) 176 These..things..may put an end to thy Complaints, and strengthen thee with all Firmness and Solidity. 1723 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 33 The King expressed at that time an uncommon esteem of Mr. Henderson for his learning, piety, and solidity. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) iii. 87 One must admire them for their solidity, industry, and pains-taking in every thing. 1821 Rich Journ. Persepolis 12 Sept. in Babylon & P. (1839) 268 The Persians are unthinking, perpetually joking, and deficient in solidity. 1869 A. Maclaren Serm. preached in Manch. 2nd Ser. vii. 120 Without that armour, there will not be solidity enough in our character. c. Of argument, demonstration, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > strength of evidence strength?c1400 solidity1646 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > argument, source of conviction > [noun] > strength of argument strength?c1400 of…validity1581 logic1601 pregnancy1622 solidity1646 cogency1690 pregnantness1727 validness1727 cogence1782 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vi. 20 Establishing their assertion, not onely with great solidity. 1667 M. Poole Dialogue between Popish Priest & Protestant 78 Not for any solidity of Argument (that had been pedantick). 1677 J. Owen Doctr. Justif. by Faith xii, in Wks. (1851) III. 263 Such niceties have more of philosophical subtlety than theological solidity in them. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1775 I. 560 [Johnson:] That the Colonists could with no solidity argue..that they should not now be taxed. 1826 J. Kent Comm. Amer. Law I. i. 18 In cases where the principal jurists agree, the presumption will be very great in favour of the solidity of their maxims. 1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 136 A remarkable response, objecting to the decree with much solidity and clearness. d. Of judgement. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun] > good or sound judgement > quality of sobriety1548 soundnessa1600 solidity1727 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Soundness,..Solidity of Judgment. 1774 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic ii. §2. 28 In proportion to the solidity and accuracy of a man's judgment. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 23 Good sense, perspicuity, accuracy, and solidity of judgment. 1882 B. A. Hinsdale Garfield & Educ. i. 116 Close observation, high analytical..ability, solidity of judgment. 2. a. The quality or condition of being materially solid; compactness and firmness of texture, structure, etc. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun] fastness?a1200 spissitudec1440 solidiousness1495 grossness1527 massiveness1530 substantialness1530 substantiality1535 crassness1545 massiness1559 stiffness1577 spissness1598 solidness1600 density1603 solidity1603 crassitude1604 condensity1611 thightness1615 compactedness1644 compactness1646 body1647 crassities1659 denseness1669 tightnessa1728 corporeity1750 substantiability1816 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1302 A land altogether barren and unfruitfull, by reason of hardnesse and stiffe soliditie. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 238 Tunnie;..in taste something resembling flesh, as in colour and soliditie. 1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xxxi. 381 We may discern between hardness and softness, a middle temperament, which is called solidity and firmness. 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. i. 46 Solidity, according to the vulgar and popular sense of it, wherein it is used for hardness. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 213 They have the solidity of the hardest bone. 1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xxv. 446 A fibro-cartilaginous substance..fills the interior of each mandible, and thus gives it sufficient solidity for all required purposes. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy ix When they came to take the hay~stack to pieces, the solidity of its centre rather astonished them. b. Of buildings, edifices, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > quality of building generally solidity1662 substantiality1790 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building (title page) The three chief Principles of Magnificent Building, viz. Solidity, Conveniency, and Ornament. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 72 They load the edifice of society, by setting up in the air what the solidity of the structure requires to be on the ground. View more context for this quotation 1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 25 The château..strikes the spectator by its solidity and magnificence. 1867 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims in Wks. (1906) III. 227 Our..architecture [is] tent-like, when compared with the monumental solidity of mediæval..remains in Europe and Asia. 3. a. Geometry. The amount of space occupied by a solid body; volume, cubic or solid content. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > [noun] > geometrical property duality1532 magnitude1570 solidity1570 order1706 symmetry1823 unicursality1887 self-coincidence1902 closure1905 non-orientability1938 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun] > a) dimension(s) > property of having three dimensions > volume bulkc1449 birth1553 capacity?a1560 crassitude?a1560 solidity1570 content1612 bouka1689 volume1794 cubage1840 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiij^v To vnderstand the Soliditie, and content of any bodily thing. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. F6^v [The soul] finds out Phœbus vast soliditie By his diametre. a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 524 If a Right Cylinder have the Diameter 14, and the Height..as much; then shall the Area of each Base be 154,..and the Solidity 2156. 1743 W. Emerson Doctr. Fluxions 127 To find a Cone of the greatest Solidity under a given convex Surface and Base b. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 551 Find the solidity of the trench in cubic feet, and divide it by 27. 1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 285 The solidity of the frustrum will be equal to the solidity of the whole cone. b. Relative density or mass. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun] > specific gravity density1665 specific gravity1666 solidity1698 gravity1750 relative density1776 1698 J. Keill Exam. Theory Earth (1734) 33 The surfaces of bodies not increasing in the same proportion with their solidities or weights. 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 2 Attraction in all Bodies is cæteris paribus as their Solidities. 1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 2 It is probable, that animated Bodies act according to their Solidities. c. The ratio of the area of the blades of a propeller (counting one side only) to the area of the circle they turn in. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > parts which provide power > [noun] > propeller > ratios, etc., of slip1844 slip angle1878 slip ratio1878 solidity1926 1926 H. Glauert Elem. Aerofoil & Airscrew Theory xvi. 213 This quantity σ represents the ratio of the area of the blade elements to the area of the annulus at the radial distance τ, and may be termed the solidity of the blade element. 1953 D. O. Dommasch Elem. Propeller & Helicopter Aerodynamics ii. 61 As far as propeller operation is concerned, increasing solidity has much the same effect as decreasing the aspect ratio of the wing. 1980 Sci. Amer. July 114/2 The twin screws of the 31-knot Queen Elizabeth 2, each of which absorbs 55,000 h.p., are appreciably smaller, turn much faster and have an even greater solidity than the screws of the largest tankers. 4. a. The property of occupying a certain amount of space. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [noun] > space occupied by something > property of occupying space solidity1690 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. iv. 48 That which thus hinders the approach of two Bodies, when they are moving one towards another, I call Solidity. 1777 J. Priestley Doctr. Philos. Necessity 177 A substance that has no properties besides extension and solidity. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 270 The solidity of matter..expresses that property which every body possesses of not permitting any other body to occupy the same place with it at the same time. 1884 B. Bosanquet et al. tr. H. Lotze Metaphysic 304 He mentions Lambert's account of Solidity as a necessary property of all material existence. b. Extension in the three dimensions of space. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun] > a) dimension(s) > property of having three dimensions solidity1864 tridimensionality1894 three-dimensionality1926 1864 A. Bain Senses & Intellect (ed. 2) i. ii. 240 It is this dissimilarity of the pictures that is the chief optical sign of solidity or of three dimensions. 1886 J. Sully Teacher's Handbk. Psychol. viii. 140 That the eye has little knowledge of solidity. 5. A solid thing or body. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun] > a dense or solid thing or body clota1000 goba1382 massa1382 gobbetc1384 clustera1387 lumpa1400 grume1555 solidity1604 concrescence1610 concression1613 concretion1646 ponderant1656 condensation1665 clumper1673 clue1674 solid1698 clump1699 wodge1847 density1858 boulder1861 doorstop1967 swadge1968 the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > thing or material object thingOE bodya1398 objecta1398 substance1525 cheat1567 solidity1604 article1618 material objecta1651 res extensa1652 extensum1678 businessa1684 animal1729 materiate1755 affair1763 thingy1787 fellow1816 concern1824 jockey1827 toy1895 yoke1910 doojigger1927 bitch1951 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iv. 48 Heauens face doth glowe Ore this solidity and compound masse..Is thought sick. 1665 T. H. Exact Surv. Affaires Netherlands 195 Their Apparel was plain, and their Ambition onely upon Realities and Solidities. 1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 43 It has a greater Force to sustain the Solidity it supports. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 324 By convenience is meant a firm solidity to place the end of the Braces against. 1844 T. Hood Turtles 36 Fruits, victual, drink, solidities, or slops. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ix. 216 A man..owed a great deal more to himself as the mainstay of all those solidities, than to feelings..quite unsubstantial. 6. = solidarity n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal concepts > [noun] > aggregates of rights and duties > obligation involving joint rights and duties solidity1706 solidarity1875 1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. iv. ix. 431 (note) Solidity in the French Law is a joint Obligation entred into by several Creditors, by which every one of the Obligees binds himself to pay what they all owe in Common, upon the default of the rest. 1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts xiv. 149 This solidity in respect of creditors is very rare: it is not to be confounded with indivisibility of obligation. 1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts xiv. 149 The effects of solidity towards creditors, when it does occur, are as follow. Each of the creditors, being so for the whole, may consequently demand the whole [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1532
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