solids

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The difference, Riese says, usually comes down to the Total Dissolved Solids, the mineral composition that determines a water’s flavor profile based on its sodium, magnesium and calcium content.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Solids are shipped to the compost plant, where they’re mixed with wood chips and, through a biological process, heated to temperatures of more than 150 degrees to kill pathogens.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2019

Solids were laid out in lagoons to decompose into fertilizer; treated water flowed back into the Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal.

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2019

Solids of revolution are common in mechanical applications, such as machine parts produced by a lathe.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Solids generally expand equally in all directions, and on cooling return to their original shape.

From Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth by Ambler, Henry Lovejoy