<B>solid-state, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with solid-state physics and electronics. <BR> <I>Ex. solid-state phenomena.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>made with transistors, printed circuits, and other devices, using the conductive or other properties of solid materials. <BR> <I>Ex. The availability of solid-state devices has resulted in the introduction of a new line of equipment which supersedes older vacuum-tube versions to provide improved performance, increased reliability, smaller size, and in some cases lower cost (U.S. Berger).</I> </DL>
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<B>solid-state electronics,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of electronics that deals with semiconductors, masers, and similar electronic devices developed from studies in solid-state physics. </DL>
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<B>solid-state maser,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a maser that amplifies radio signals by means of a solid material, such as synthetic ruby, surrounded by a magnetic field. <BR> <I>Ex. Known as the solid-state maser, the device would amplify the very faint signals received from space (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
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<B>solid-state physicist,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies solid-state physics. </DL>
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<B>solid-state physics,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of physics that deals with the physical properties of solid materials, such as mechanical strength, the movement of electrons, and the nature of crystals. Research in solid-state physics has produced the transistor and other semiconductor devices. <BR> <I>Ex. In one sense, solid-state physics can be described as a combination of chemistry and electronics (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>solidungulate, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> belonging to the group of mammals with solid hoofs, such as the horse. <DD><I>noun </I> a solidungulate animal. </DL>
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<B>solidus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-di.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a Roman gold coin introduced by Constantine, later called a bezant. <DD><B> 2. </B>a sloping line used to separate the former denomination of shillings from pence and generally as a dividing line, as in dates or fractions; virgule. <BR> <I>Ex. 2/6 (2 shillings, 6 pence); 1/2, 1/3.</I> </DL>
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<B>solidus curve,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a curve which shows the temperatures at which a series of alloys are completely solid. </DL>
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<B>solifluction</B> or <B>solifluxion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the downward movement of soil and rock on the face of the earth, caused by the action of the weather. </DL>
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<B>soliloquist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who soliloquizes. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who writes soliloquies. </DL>
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<B>soliloquize, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-quized,</B> <B>-quizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to talk to oneself. <BR> <I>Ex. Soliloquizing with the lucidity of genius (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to speak a soliloquy. noun <B>soliloquizer.</B> adv. <B>soliloquizingly.</B> </DL>
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<B>soliloquy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-quies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a talking to oneself. <DD><B> 2. </B>a speech made by an actor to himself, especially when alone on the stage. It reveals his thoughts and feelings to the audience, but not to the other characters in the play. <DD><B> 3. </B>a similar speech by a character in a book, poem, or other literary work. </DL>
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<B>solion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small electronic device containing ions in solution, that can detect and amplify minute changes, as in current, pressure, or temperature. </DL>
<B>solipsism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Philosophy.) the theory that self is the only object of real knowledge or that nothing but self exists. <BR> <I>Ex. In him, personality was more than egotism, more even than egomania; it reached the level of solipsism (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>solipsist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who believes in solipsism. </DL>
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<B>solipsistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or characterized by solipsism. <BR> <I>Ex. His solipsistic view of the world neatly prevents ... purposive behaviour because he refuses to admit the initial premise of the existence of anything beyond his own ego (Manchester Guardian).</I> adv. <B>solipsistically.</B> </DL>
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<B>solitaire, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a card game played by one person, usually an attempt to put cards in a given order. <DD><B> 2. </B>a diamond or other gem set by itself. <DD><B> 3. </B>either one of two species of birds related to and resembling the dodo that lived on two islands in the Indian Ocean and became extinct in the 1700's. <DD><B> 4. </B>a solitary; recluse. </DL>
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<B>solitary, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-taries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1a. </B>alone or single; only. <BR> <I>Ex. A solitary rider was seen in the distance.</I> (SYN) lone, sole. <DD><B> b. </B>being the only one; standing by itself; unparalleled. <BR> <I>Ex. not a single, solitary exception to the rule. The result, not of solitary conjecture, but of practice and experience (Samuel Johnson).</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>without companions; lonely. <BR> <I>Ex. The trapper leads a solitary life in the mountains. Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster (Dickens).</I> (SYN) unattended. <DD><B> b. </B>away from people; remote; secluded. <BR> <I>Ex. The house is in a solitary spot miles from town.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>(Zoology.) living alone, rather than in colonies. <BR> <I>Ex. a solitary bee.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Botany.) growing separately; not forming clusters. <BR> <I>Ex. a solitary stipule.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person living alone, away from people. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who is left alone. <BR> <I>Ex. An orphan and a solitary whose mother's death ... had amounted to a tragedy (Arnold Bennett).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=solitary confinement.</B> adv. <B>solitarily.</B> noun <B>solitariness.</B> </DL>
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<B>solitary confinement,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the separate confinement of a prisoner in complete isolation as a penalty for misbehavior. </DL>
<B>solitary sandpiper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sandpiper with dark wings and back and a white breast, that nests in northern North America and migrates in winter to tropical America. </DL>
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<B>solitary vireo,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the blue-headed vireo of the U.S. </DL>
<A NAME="solitarywasp">
<B>solitary wasp,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various wasps that do not live in communities, but build separate nests. </DL>
<A NAME="soliton">
<B>soliton, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) a quantum unit for a solitary wave of energy caused by a single disturbance. <BR> <I>Ex. Solitons themselves appear when exact solutions of the classical field equations are quantised. They actually represent new "particle states", and carry a quantum number called soliton number. Solitons have actually been around in solid state physics for some years, in the guise of non-dispersive waves (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
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<B>solitude, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a being alone. <BR> <I>Ex. He likes company and hates solitude.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a lonely place. <BR> <I>Ex. This forest is a solitude.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>loneliness. <BR> <I>Ex. to travel through regions of solitude.</I> </DL>
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<B>sollar</B> or <B>soller, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a loft in a church, especially in a steeple. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) a garret or attic in a house. </DL>
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<B>solleret, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a flexible shoe made of steel plates that formed a part of medieval armor. </DL>
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<B>solmizate, </B>verb, <B>-zated,</B> <B>-zating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) <DD><I>v.t. </I> to express by solmization. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to use solmization syllables. </DL>
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<B>solmization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a system of singing the syllables <I>do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do</I> to the tones of the scale; sol-fa. <DD><B> 2. </B>a medieval system of singing plain-song melodies on six syllables, <I>ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la.</I> </DL>
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<B>solo, </B>noun, pl. <B>-los</B> or <B>-li,</B> adjective, verb, <B>-loed,</B> <B>-loing,</B> adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a piece of music for one voice or instrument. <BR> <I>Ex. She sang three solos.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>anything done without a partner, companion, teacher, or aid, such as a flight made alone in an airplane. <DD><B> 3a. </B>any one of certain card games in which one person plays alone against others. <DD><B> b. </B>a bid to play without discarding. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>arranged for and performed by one voice or instrument. <BR> <I>Ex. a solo part.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>playing the solo part. <BR> <I>Ex. a solo violin.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>without a partner, companion, teacher, or aid; alone. <BR> <I>Ex. a solo dance. Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew (Robert W. Service).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to make a solo flight in an airplane. <DD><B> 2. </B>to sing or play a solo. <DD><I>adv. </I> by oneself; alone. <BR> <I>Ex. She flew solo.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="soloist">
<B>soloist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who performs a solo or solos. </DL>
<A NAME="soloistic">
<B>soloistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or for a soloist or soloists. <BR> <I>Ex. thin, transparent soloistic instrumentation (Harper's).</I> </DL>
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<B>Solo man,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a type of prehistoric man, found near the Solo River in Java, and regarded as more advanced than Pithecanthropus. </DL>
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<B>Solomon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a king of Israel who lived in the 900's B.C. Solomon was a son of David and was famous for his wisdom, and for the great temple which he had built in Jerusalem (in the Bible, I Kings 3:5-28). <DD><B> 2. </B>a man of great wisdom. <DD><B> 3. </B>a self-proclaimed wise man; wiseacre. <BR> <I>Ex. Solomon of saloons And philosophic diner-out (Robert Browning).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="solomonian">
<B>Solomonian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with Solomon, king of Israel. <DD><B> 2. </B>like that of Solomon; suggesting his wisdom. </DL>
