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What is the difference between solid and sol?

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In lang=en terms the difference between solid and sol

is that solid is having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic while sol is the fifth step in the solfège scale of C (Ut), preceded by fa and followed by la.

As adjectives the difference between solid and sol

is that solid is in the state of a solid; not fluid while SOL is shit out of luck.

As nouns the difference between solid and sol

is that solid is 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) while sol is the fifth step in the solfège scale of C (Ut), preceded by fa and followed by la.

As an adverb solid

is solidly.

As an acronym SOLID

is acronym of Single responsibility Open-closed, Liskov substitution, Interface segregation and Dependency inversion|lang=en When followed, the created system will be more likely easy to maintain, and extend over time.

As a proper noun Sol is

the Sun.

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
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    • , 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.

    Related terms

    * solidity * solidly * solid shot * solid state * rock solid, solid as a rock * condensed matter

    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 .

    Anagrams

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    sol

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist all note names were take from.

    Alternative forms

    * so, soh

    Noun

    (-)
  • (music) The fifth step in the scale of C (Ut), preceded by fa and followed by la.

    • Etymology 2

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A solar day on Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds).
  • gold
    • (Chaucer)
    See also
    * Sol * yestersol

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol ) , or a coin of this value.
  • * (rfdate), M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana :
    • Three days after, the Great Sun, his brother, sent me another deer-skin of the same oil, to the quantity of forty pints. The most common sort sold this year at twenty sols a pint, and I was sure mine was not of the worst kind.

    Etymology 4

    An abbreviation of (solution)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid.

    • Etymology 5

    , from (etyl) (m)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An old French coin consisting of 12 deniers.

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