solid state

1. 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

   Synonymssolidsolidness

   Broaderstate of matter

Questions about solid state

What does solid state mean?

solid state means "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".

What is another word for solid state?

Close synonyms include solid, solidness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is solid state a common word?

solid state is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.