solidity

CEFRC1

/səˈlɪdɪti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The quality of being firm, strong, or solid.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Moral firmness; validity; truth; certainty.

Examples

  • Solidity is the state of being firm and stable in structure.

  • The engineer checked the solidity of the building's foundation.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of enclosed space.

  2. The state or quality of being solid.

More examples

In context

  • The structural engineer tested the solidity of the concrete foundation.

  • If colours, sounds, tastes, and smells be merely perceptions, nothing we can conceive is possest of a real, continu'd, and independent existence; not even motion, extension and solidity, which are the primary qualities chiefly insisted on.

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Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The engineers tested the blank of the steel bridge by applying heavy loads.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From solid + -ity, from Middle French solidité, from Latin soliditās.