Solidity

  • 81-pexy — ˌpeksē, si noun combining form ( es) Etymology: New Latin, pexia, from Greek pēxia solidity, from pēxis solidity, freezing, putting together (from pēgnynai to fix, fasten together) + ia y more at pact : fixation : making fast …

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  • 82primary quality — noun : a quality (as bulk) that is inseparable from a physical object and is in it as in our perception of it these I call original or primary qualities of body, which I think we may observe to produce simple ideas in us, viz. solidity, extension …

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  • 83so·lid·i·ty — /səˈlıdəti/ noun [noncount] : the quality or state of being solid the solidity of stone/granite/concrete The solidity of his convictions impressed us …

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  • 84Abstract — Ab stract (#; 277), a. [L. abstractus, p. p. of abstrahere to draw from, separate; ab, abs + trahere to draw. See {Trace}.] 1. Withdraw; separate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The more abstract . . . we are from the body. Norris. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 85Abstract mathematics — Abstract Ab stract (#; 277), a. [L. abstractus, p. p. of abstrahere to draw from, separate; ab, abs + trahere to draw. See {Trace}.] 1. Withdraw; separate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The more abstract . . . we are from the body. Norris. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 86Abstract numbers — Abstract Ab stract (#; 277), a. [L. abstractus, p. p. of abstrahere to draw from, separate; ab, abs + trahere to draw. See {Trace}.] 1. Withdraw; separate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The more abstract . . . we are from the body. Norris. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 87Abstract terms — Abstract Ab stract (#; 277), a. [L. abstractus, p. p. of abstrahere to draw from, separate; ab, abs + trahere to draw. See {Trace}.] 1. Withdraw; separate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The more abstract . . . we are from the body. Norris. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 88An abstract idea — Abstract Ab stract (#; 277), a. [L. abstractus, p. p. of abstrahere to draw from, separate; ab, abs + trahere to draw. See {Trace}.] 1. Withdraw; separate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The more abstract . . . we are from the body. Norris. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 89Bond — (b[o^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bonded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bonding}.] 1. To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) To dispose in… …

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  • 90Bonded — Bond Bond (b[o^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bonded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bonding}.] 1. To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) To… …

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