sol
nounEtymology
From Glover's solmization, from Middle English sol (“fifth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian sol in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin solve (“wash away”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.
Definitions
In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system
In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la.
- D ſol re, one Cliffe, two notes haue I, / Ela mi, ſhow pitty or I die.
In a fixed-do system
In a fixed-do system: the musical note G.
An old coin from France and some other countries worth 12 deniers.
- This fellow, For ſix ſols more, would pleade againſt his Maker.
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A former Spanish-American silver coin.
- The Tobacco of this colony is ſo excellent, that if the commerce thereof was free, it would ſell for one hundred ſols and ſix livres the pound, ſo fine and delicate is its juice and flavour.
In full nuevo sol or new sol
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.
A solar day on the planet Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds).
- 88,775 seconds = 24 hours, 39 minutes and 35 seconds / The duration of a synodic day on Mars, a ‘sol’
- On sol 46 (March 11, 2004 on Earth), Opportunity gathered data on a cluster of blueberries and confirmed the team's suspicions that this area of Mars once contained liquid water.
A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid.
A solution to an objection (or "ob"), for example, in controversial divinity.
- [F]or that they had nothing elſe to doe, […] haue coyned a thouſand idle queſtions, nice diſtinctions, Obs and Sols, […]
- Where Hinderſon, and th' other Maſſes / Were ſent to Cap Texts, and Put Caſes: / To paſs for deep, and Learned Scholars, / Although but Paltry, Ob-and-Sollers:[…]
Clipping of solidarity.
The Sun, the star orbited by the Earth.
The sun god
The sun god; equivalent of the Greek Helios. Brother of Luna and Aurora.
The sun goddess.
A male given name
- Sol (named after the solar eclipse on the day of his birth) was born in March 2015 with an undetected clot in his upper left arm.
Or (gold), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns'…
Or (gold), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets.
- 8. Tierce in Mantle, first Mars, two Lions passant-guardant in pale, Sol, for Brunswick; 2d Sol, Semi of Hearts proper, a Lion rampant Jupiter, for Lunenburgh;
Gold.
A diminutive of the male given name Solomon.
- “Chock full o’ science,” said the radiant Captain, “as ever he was! Sol Gills, Sol Gills, what have you been up to, for this many a long day, my ould boy?”
Initialism of statute of limitations.
Initialism of speed of light.
Initialism of slice of life.
Initialism of standards of learning.
Initialism of sleep onset latency.
Space-occupying lesion of the brain can be caused by different pathology such as a…
Space-occupying lesion of the brain can be caused by different pathology such as a malignancy, an abscess or a haematoma
Initialism of stoppages of leave.
Initialism of shit out of luck.
The neighborhood
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at sol. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at sol. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at sol
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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