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Adjective: solid-state  só-lid steyt
  1. (electronics) consisting of semiconductor materials and components and related devices
    "The solid-state drive improved the computer's performance"
     
  2. Characteristic of or relating to the physical properties of solid materials especially electromagnetic or thermodynamic or structural properties of crystalline solids
    "The solid-state physics course covered various crystal structures"
Noun: solid state
  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
    "Ice is water in its solid state";
    - solid, solidness

Derived forms: solid states

See also: solid

Type of: state, state of matter

Encyclopedia: Solid-state

Solid state