Definitions

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  • noun A substance that is not a solid.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ solid

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Examples

  • “His power to call is the ability to walk on nonsolid surfaces, correct?”

    Black Magic Cherry Adair 2010

  • “His power to call is the ability to walk on nonsolid surfaces, correct?”

    Black Magic Cherry Adair 2010

  • “His power to call is the ability to walk on nonsolid surfaces, correct?”

    Black Magic Cherry Adair 2010

  • Both visual and mental consciousnesses mix the appearance of a nonsolid identity with the appearance of a solid identity.

    Visualization 1998

  • Our minds can make this mixture of the two quantum levels appear as having either solid or nonsolid existence.

    Visualization 1998

  • The benefit of seeing these two levels simultaneously all day long – the superimposition of the ordinary appearance and the appearance of a Buddha-figure – is that it helps us to understand that we also mix together an appearance of ordinary solid reality and nonsolid reality.

    Visualization 1998

  • But those nonsolid food that you're having are scrumptious!!

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  • The first thing we’re seeing is innumerable dots of light from each of the cells in our retina and we perceive them appearing with a nonsolid manner of existence.

    Visualization 1998

  • If we look at anything, from one point of view we see that there’s a solid appearance-making of it; if we look from another point of view, there’s a nonsolid appearance-making of it.

    Visualization 1998

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