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 +[[Image:Crystallised Minerals by Alexandre Isidore Leroy de Barde.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Crystallised Minerals]]'' (first half of 19th century) by [[Alexandre Isidore Leroy de Barde]]]]
 +[[Image:RhombicuboctahedronbyLeonardodaVinci.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Rhombicuboctahedron by Leonardo da Vinci]]]]
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 +[[Image:Bracelli_2.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|From the ''[[Bizzarie di varie figure]]'' ([[1624]]) by [[Giovanni Battista Braccelli]]]]
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-:''[[art medium]], [[mass media]], [[medium specificity]]'' 
-# The nature of the surrounding [[environment]], e.g. [[solid]], [[liquid]], [[gas]], [[vacuum]], or a specific [[substance]] such as a [[solvent]]. 
-# The [[material]] or empty [[space]] through which [[signal]]s, [[wave]]s or [[force]]s pass. 
-# A format for communicating or presenting information. 
-# The [[means]] or [[channel]] by which an [[aim]] is [[achieve]]d. 
-# A [[liquid]] [[base]] which carries [[pigment]] in [[paint]]. 
-# Someone who supposedly [[convey]]s information from the [[spirit]] world. 
-# Anything having a [[measurement]] [[intermediate]] between [[extreme]]s, such as a [[garment]] or [[container]]. 
-# A person whom garments or apparel of intermediate size fit. 
-==== Communication ====+'''Solid''' is one of [[State of matter#The three classical states|the three classical states of matter]] (the others being [[gas]] and [[liquid]]). It is characterized by structural rigidity and resistance to changes of shape or volume. Unlike a [[liquid]], a solid object does not flow to take on the shape of its container, nor does it expand to fill the entire volume available to it like a [[gas]] does. The atoms in a solid are tightly bound to each other, either in a regular geometric lattice ([[crystal|crystalline solids]], which include [[metal]]s and ordinary [[Ice|water ice]]) or irregularly (an [[amorphous solid]] such as common window [[glass]]).
-*[[Data storage device]], any physical material that records or holds recorded information+ 
-** [[Art medium]], materials and techniques used by artists to produce art works+The branch of [[physics]] that deals with solids is called [[solid-state physics]], and is the main branch of [[condensed matter physics]] (which also includes liquids). [[Materials science]] is primarily concerned with the physical and [[chemical]] properties of solids. [[Solid-state chemistry]] is especially concerned with the [[Chemical synthesis|synthesis]] of novel materials, as well as the science of identification and [[chemical composition]].
-*[[Transmission medium]], in physics and telecommunications, any material substance which can propagate waves or energy+
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Solid is one of the three classical states of matter (the others being gas and liquid). It is characterized by structural rigidity and resistance to changes of shape or volume. Unlike a liquid, a solid object does not flow to take on the shape of its container, nor does it expand to fill the entire volume available to it like a gas does. The atoms in a solid are tightly bound to each other, either in a regular geometric lattice (crystalline solids, which include metals and ordinary water ice) or irregularly (an amorphous solid such as common window glass).

The branch of physics that deals with solids is called solid-state physics, and is the main branch of condensed matter physics (which also includes liquids). Materials science is primarily concerned with the physical and chemical properties of solids. Solid-state chemistry is especially concerned with the synthesis of novel materials, as well as the science of identification and chemical composition.




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