SOLID STATE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

solid; solid state; solidness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("solid state" is a kind of...):

state; state of matter ((chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container))

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