sol
IPA: sˈɑɫ
noun
- (music)
- In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la.
- In a fixed-do system: the musical note G.
- (historical) An old coin from France and some other countries worth 12 deniers.
- (historical) A former Spanish-American silver coin.
- In full nuevo sol or new sol: the main currency unit of Peru which replaced the inti in 1991; also, a coin of this value.
- (astronomy) A solar day on the planet Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds).
- (physical chemistry) A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid.
- (obsolete) A solution to an objection (or "ob"), for example, in controversial divinity.
- (poetic, science fiction) The Sun, the star orbited by the Earth.
- (Roman mythology) The sun god; equivalent of the Greek Helios. Brother of Luna and Aurora.
- (Norse mythology) The sun goddess.
- (nonce word) A male given name
- (heraldry, rare) Or (gold), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets.
- (obsolete, alchemy, chemistry) Gold.
- A diminutive of the male given name Solomon.
- Statute of limitations.
- Speed of light.
- Standards of learning.
- Sleep onset latency.
- Space-occupying lesion of the brain can be caused by different pathology such as a malignancy, an abscess or a haematoma
- (in the plural) Initialism of stoppages of leave.
adjective
- Initialism of shit out of luck. [(vulgar, slang, idiomatic) Completely out of luck; in unfortunate circumstances such that all options for achieving one's goal are exhausted; unlucky; screwed.]
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Examples of "sol" in Sentences
- Now sol. and time is the standard.
- Dies in the explosion on the Sol Vita.
- Sol is the scientific name of the Sun.
- The shape of the cone is defined by the SoL.
- In the page Colloid, it says that milk is a sol.
- This was the only playoff appearance for the Sol.
- Operation Torch and transformation of the SOL into the Milice.
- I think of it as SOL in FS is just another name for SOL in vacuum.
- Aleph houses the Sol Sanctum, the resting place of the Elemental Stars.
- The motor continued to stall on all subsequent attempts, sol after sol.