sol
nounnounnounnounnounnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//sɒl//
- United Kingdom//səʊl//
- United States//sɔl//
- United States//sɑl//
- United States//soʊl//
In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la.
noun
- 1
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.
Ser[vant, i.e., Peter]. Alack alack what ſhal I doe, come Fidlers play me ſome mery dumpe. / I. [First musician]. A ſir, this is no time to play. / […] / Ser. Then will I giue it you, and ſoundly to. / I. What will you giue vs? / Ser. The fidler, Ile re you, Ile fa you, Ile ſol you. / I. If you re vs and fa vs, we will note you.
- 2
In a fixed-do system: the musical note G.
Etymology
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.
noun
- 1
historicalAn old coin from France and some other countries worth 12 deniers.
This fellow, For ſix ſols more, would pleade againſt his Maker.
Moſt of their owne coines that I ſaw were theſe. In gold but one, which is their chiquiney: This piece doth much vary in the value. For ſometimes it is high, ſometimes low. When I was there, a chiquiney was worth eleuen liuers, and twelue ſols. Which counteruaileth eight ſhillings and eight pence halfe penny of our money.
It was the fate of the grenadier company, to which I now belonged, to lie at Rheims, where I found myſelf in the utmoſt want of every thing: My pay, which amounted to five ſols a day, far from ſupplying me with neceſſaries; being ſcarce ſufficient to procure a wretched ſubſiſtance, to keep ſoul and body together; […]
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old French sol (“French coin”) (modern French sou), from Latin solidum, the accusative singular of solidus (“Roman gold coin; (adjective) solid”). Doublet of sold, soldo, solid, solidus, sou, and xu.
noun
- 1
historicalA 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.
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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.
Etymology
PIE word *sóh₂wl̥ From Spanish sol (“sun”), from Latin sōl (“sun”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Doublet of Sol and sol, directly from the Latin.
noun
- 1
A solar day on the planet Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds).
I need to create calories. And I need enough to last the 1387 sols until Ares 4 arrives. If I don't get rescued by Ares 4, I'm dead anyway. A sol is 39 minutes longer than a day, so it works out to be 1425 days. That's my target: 1425 days of food.
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.
Etymology
From Latin sōl (“sun”); see further at etymology 3. Doublet of sol from Spanish.
noun
- 1
A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid.
- 2
obsoleteA 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:[…]
Etymology
Sense 1 (“type of colloid”) is derived from -sol (in words like alcosol and hydrosol), an abbreviation of solution. Sense 2 (“solution to an objection”) is derived directly from solution.
noun
- 1
Variant of solidarityinformalClipping of solidarity.
Forms
- plural
- sols, soles
sol · In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la.
Sol · The Sun, the star orbited by the Earth.SOL · Space-occupying lesion of the brain can be caused by…solace · Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.