səˈlidəd.ē, -idətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle French solidité, from Latin soliditat-, soliditas, from solidus solid + -itat-, -itas -ity
1. : the quality or state of being solid : lack of an interior cavity : density , compactness
stone oppressed him with its indestructible solidity — Aldous Huxley
felt the rubbery solidity as the club came down — Ernest Hemingway
2. : the quality or character (as in a human being, act, institution) of being sound in a moral, mental, financial, or other comparable respect
3. : something solid : a solid body
4. archaic : space within a closed surface : volume
5. : the ratio of the projected area of the blades of a rotor to the area swept by the blades