solidness

2 definitions found

solidness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Solidness \Sol"id*ness\, n.
     1. State or quality of being solid; firmness; compactness;
        solidity, as of material bodies.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Soundness; strength; truth; validity, as of arguments,
        reasons, principles, and the like.
        [1913 Webster]

solidness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  solidness
      n 1: the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow
           under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression)
           that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and
           shape [syn: solid, solidness, solid state]
      2: the consistency of a solid [syn: solidity, solidness]
         [ant: porosity, porousness]
      3: the quality of being substantial or having substance [syn:
         substantiality, substantialness, solidness] [ant:
         insubstantiality]
      4: the quality of being solid and reliable financially or
         factually or morally; "the solidity of the evidence worked in
         his favor"; "the solidness of her faith gave her enduring
         hope" [syn: solidity, solidness]