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Noun: solidness  só-lid-nus
  1. 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
    - solid, solid state
     
  2. The consistency of a solid
    - solidity
     
  3. The quality of being substantial or having substance
    - substantiality, substantialness
     
  4. The quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally
    "the solidness of her faith gave her enduring hope"
    - solidity

Derived forms: solidnesses

See also: insubstantial, material, real, solid, substantial, unreal, unsubstantial

Type of: body, consistence, consistency, corporality, corporeality, dependability, dependableness, materiality, physicalness, reliability, reliableness, state, state of matter, substance