solid object

collocation in English

meaningsofsolidandobject

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solid
adjective
uk
/ˈsɒl.ɪd/us
/ˈsɑː.lɪd/
hard or firm, keeping a ...
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object
noun
uk
/ˈɒb.dʒɪkt/us
/ˈɑːb.dʒɪkt/
a thing that you can see or touch but that is not usually a living animal, plant, ...
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(Definition ofsolidandobjectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsolid object

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The evolution ofsolidobjectdesigns using genetic algorithms.
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They lose the coloration and thesolidobject-hole appearance peculiar of the watercolor illusion.
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Every observer who has tried this visual game with the actualsolidobjecthas answered in the negative.
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Here the (usually cubical) space in which thesolidobjectis situated is partitioned into eight quasi-disjoint subcells.
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Failing to recognize asolidobjectas such does not necessarily mean that the concept of solidity has not been internalized.
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A hollow object is easier to crack in this way than asolidobject, and a larva-containing endocarp is essentially a hollow object.
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The "virtual block" enforced a one-sided spring-damper equation normal to the surface of the block to haptically simulate the presence of asolidobject.
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The text itself becomes a dense andsolidobject, rather like an etching and, rather than reflecting or recording what is observed, it produces ways of seeing.
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In constructive solid geometry, anysolidobjectcould generally be constructed from an initial basic shape by adding or taking away other shapes in a sequence of operations and transformations.
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What is required is a means of specifying the form of asolidobjectusing a well-defined alphabet, an unambiguous (or at least controllably ambiguous) notation, a spatial staff.
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Or by being hit by asolidobject.
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The sound waves bend appreciably around thesolidobject.
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The resulting image gives the appearance of asolidobject.
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Simple versions contain just peg-like structures sticking up from asolidobject.
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An inborn instinct prevented it from blinking into asolidobject.
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A wireframe model represents the shape of asolidobjectwith its characteristic lines and points.
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It does nt definesolidobjectbut the areas that surround them.
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Lock-ons were a particularly common technique, where a protester chained themselves to asolidobject.
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The whiteboard accepts touch input from a finger, pen or othersolidobject.
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Laib then fills this depression with milk, creating the illusion of asolidobject.
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For erosion is the only way asolidobjectcan truly penetrate the void.
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The first path (clockwise), thesolidobjectis cut into two same pieces.
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Later on, people assumed that spoken words were temporary whereas asolidobjectis more permanent.
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In contrast, the cases used to express movement towards asolidobjectand for being next to that solid object are the allative case and the adessive case respectively.
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What remains, in the simplest approach, is to decide what voxel density value represents asolidobject.
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