[syn: solidity, solidness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Solidness \Sol"id*ness\, n.
1. State or quality of being solid; firmness; compactness;
solidity, as of material bodies.
[1913 Webster]
2. Soundness; strength; truth; validity, as of arguments,
reasons, principles, and the like.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
solidness
n 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 [syn: solid, solidness, solid state]
2: the consistency of a solid [syn: solidity, solidness]
[ant: porosity, porousness]
3: the quality of being substantial or having substance [syn:
substantiality, substantialness, solidness] [ant:
insubstantiality]
4: the quality of being solid and reliable financially or
factually or morally; "the solidity of the evidence worked in
his favor"; "the solidness of her faith gave her enduring
hope" [syn: solidity, solidness]