solidity

solidity
    n 1: the consistency of a solid [syn: {solidity}, {solidness}]
         [ant: {porosity}, {porousness}]
    2: state of having the interior filled with matter [ant:
       {hollowness}]
    3: 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}]
    

Solidity \So*lid"i*ty\, n. [L. soliditas: cf. F. solidit['e].]
   1. The state or quality of being solid; density; consistency,
      -- opposed to {fluidity}; compactness; fullness of matter,
      -- opposed to {openness} or {hollowness}; strength;
      soundness, -- opposed to {weakness} or {instability}; the
      primary quality or affection of matter by which its
      particles exclude or resist all others; hardness;
      massiveness.
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            That which hinders the approach of two bodies when
            they are moving one toward another, I call solidity.
                                                  --Locke.
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   2. Moral firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth;
      certainty; -- as opposed to {weakness} or
      {fallaciousness}; as, the solidity of arguments or
      reasoning; the solidity of principles, triuths, or
      opinions.
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   3. (Geom.) The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of
      inclosed space.
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   Syn: Firmness; solidness; hardness; density; compactness;
        strength; soundness; validity; certainty.
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174 Moby Thesaurus words for "solidity":
      abidingness, aplomb, authenticity, authoritativeness, authority,
      balance, balanced personality, body, calculability, callosity,
      callousness, changelessness, closeness, cogency, combination,
      compactness, completeness, comprehensiveness, concreteness,
      congestedness, congestion, consistence, consistency, constancy,
      cool, credit standing, crowdedness, denseness, density,
      dependability, durability, durableness, duration, durity,
      endurance, entireness, entirety, equilibrium, exhaustiveness,
      faithworthiness, fastness, firmness, fixedness, flintiness, force,
      frozenness, fusion, gluiness, hardening, hardness,
      hardness of heart, homeostasis, identity, immobility,
      immobilization, immovability, immovableness, immutability,
      impenetrability, impermeability, imperturbability, imporosity,
      inclusiveness, incompressibility, individuality, indivisibility,
      induration, inertia, inextricability, inflexibility, intactness,
      integrality, integration, integrity, invariability, invariableness,
      inveteracy, invincibility, inviolability, irreducibility,
      irremovability, jammedness, justness, lastingness, long standing,
      mass, materiality, nerve, obduracy, omnipresence, oneness,
      organic unity, palpability, particularity, permanence, permanency,
      perpetualness, persistence, persistency, pervasiveness,
      ponderability, predictability, purity, quiescence,
      relative density, reliability, resistance, restiveness, rigidity,
      rootedness, sang-froid, secureness, security, selfsameness,
      simplicity, singleness, singularity, solidarity, solidification,
      solidness, solvency, soundness, specific gravity, spissitude,
      stability, stable equilibrium, stable state, standing, stasis,
      staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, steady nerves,
      steady state, steeliness, stoniness, stoutness, strength,
      sturdiness, substance, substantiality, substantialness,
      tangibility, temper, thickness, thoroughness, torpor, totality,
      toughness, trustworthiness, ubiquity, unchangeability,
      unchangingness, undeflectability, undividedness, unerringness,
      unification, uniformity, unindebtedness, uniqueness, unity,
      universality, univocity, unmovability, unshakable nerves,
      unshakableness, unyieldingness, validity, vis inertiae, viscidity,
      viscosity, viscousness, weight, wholeness