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Solid vs Tempered - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between solid and tempered

is that solid is having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic while tempered is pertaining to the well-tempered scale, where the twelve notes per octave of the standard keyboard are tuned in such a way that it is possible to play music in any major or minor key and it will not sound perceptibly out of tune.

As adjectives the difference between solid and tempered

is that solid is in the state of a solid; not fluid while tempered is of one's disposition.

As a noun 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).

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 verb tempered is

past tense of temper.

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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  • 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 .

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    tempered

    English

    Adjective

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  • Of one's disposition.
    • The Pyncheon Elm, throughout its great circumference, was all alive, and full of the morning sun and a sweet-tempered little breeze, which lingered within this verdant sphere, and set a thousand leafy tongues a-whispering all at once. This aged tree appeared to have suffered nothing from the gale.'' — Nathaniel Hawthorne, ''The House of the Seven Gables , Chapter 19.
  • Pertaining to the metallurgical process for finishing metals.
    • 1851' ''"Not forged!" and snatching Perth's levelled iron from the crotch, Ahab held it out, exclaiming -- "Look ye, Nantucketer; here in this hand I hold his death! '''Tempered''' in blood, and '''tempered by lightning are these barbs; and I swear to temper them triply in that hot place behind the fin, where the white whale most feels his accursed life!"'' — Herman Melville, '' Moby Dick.
  • Of something moderated or balanced by other considerations.
    • 1792' ''The downcast eye, the rosy blush, the retiring grace, are all proper in their season; but modesty, being the child of reason, cannot long exist with the sensibility that is not '''tempered by reflection'' — Mary Wollstonecraft, '' A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
  • (music) Pertaining to the well-tempered scale, where the twelve notes per octave of the standard keyboard are tuned in such a way that it is possible to play music in any major or minor key and it will not sound perceptibly out of tune.

    • Synonyms

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    Antonyms

    * untempered

    Verb

    (head)
  • (temper)

    • See also

    * good-tempered * well-tempered