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physical | solid |

As an adjective physical

is having to do with the body.

As a noun physical

is physical examination.

As an acronym solid is

(programming|object-oriented).

physical

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having to do with the body.
  • Having to do with the material world.
  • * John Stuart Mill
  • Labour, in the physical world, is employed in putting objects in motion.
  • * Macaulay
  • A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere physical force.
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=No hiding place
  • , date=2013-05-25, volume=407, issue=8837, page=74, magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.}}
  • Involving bodily force.
  • Having to do with physics.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01, author=Michael Riordan, title=Tackling Infinity
  • , volume=100, issue=1, page=86, magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}
  • (label)
  • (obsolete) Relating to physic, or medicine; medicinal; curative; also, cathartic; purgative.
  • * Sir T. North
  • Physical herbs.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Is Brutus sick? and is it physical / To walk unbraced, and suck up the humours / Of the dank morning?

    Antonyms

    * mental, psychological; having to do with the mind viewed as distinct from body.

    Derived terms

    * antiphysical * physical body * physical chemistry * physical education * physical examination * physical relations * physical therapy * physical world

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Physical examination.
  • How long has it been since your last physical ?

    Synonyms

    * checkup, check-up

    Statistics

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    solid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In the state of a solid; not fluid.
  • Large, massive.
  • Lacking holes or hollows; as solid gold, solid chocolate.
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  • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.}}
  • Strong or unyielding.
  • a solid foundation
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=June 2 , author= Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Belgium , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=As in the 1-0 win against Norway in Oslo, this was an England performance built on the foundations of solid defence and tactical discipline.}}
  • (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
  • That's a solid plan.
    Radiohead's on tour! Have you heard their latest album yet? It's quite solid .
    I don't think Dave would have done that. He's a solid dude.
  • Hearty; filling.
  • a solid meal
  • Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
  • * Milton
  • the solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer
  • * Dryden
  • These, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men.
  • * J. A. Symonds
  • The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem.
  • Sound; not weakly.
  • a solid constitution of body
  • (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
  • American English writes many words as solid that British English hyphenates.
  • (printing, dated) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
  • (US, politics, slang) United; without division; unanimous.
  • The delegation is solid for a candidate.
  • Of a single color throughout.
  • John painted the walls solid white.
    He wore a solid shirt with floral pants.
  • (dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.
  • A solid''' foot contains 1,728 '''solid inches.

    Noun

    (wikipedia solid) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).
  • (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
  • (informal) A favor.
  • Please do me a solid : lend me your car for one week.
    I owe him, he did me a solid last year.
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  • An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
  • I prefer solids over paisleys.
  • (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.
  • The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Solidly.
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  • (not comparable, typography) Without spaces or hyphens.
  • Many long-established compounds are set solid .

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