What does "sol" mean?
In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la.
Sol
/sɒl/ adj, name, noun, slang
adj, name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la.
- Grammar: sol is listed as adj, name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: colloidal suspension, apollo, cent, colloid.
- Useful contrasts: Earth day, dollar, gel.
- Usage evidence: In my language, the notes of the scale are do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la. uncountable
"D ſol re, one Cliffe, two notes haue I, / Ela mi, ſhow pitty or I die."
- 2 An old coin from France and some other countries worth 12 deniers. historical
"This fellow, For ſix ſols more, would pleade againſt his Maker."
- 3 A former Spanish-American silver coin. historical
"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."
- 4 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."
- 5 A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid. physical
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- 6 Clipping of solidarity. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
- 7 Or (gold), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets. rare, uncountable
"4. Luna, a Mantle of Estate, Mars doubled Ermine, ouched Sol, garnished with Strings fastned thereunto fretways dependent, and tasselled of the same. [...] These Arms do belong to the Town of Beckbock in Wales. 5. Jupiter, a Mace of Majestry in Bend Sol."
- 8 Initialism of statute of limitations. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 9 the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization wordnet
- 10 In a fixed-do system: the musical note G. uncountable
- 11 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.
- 12 A solution to an objection (or "ob"), for example, in controversial divinity. obsolete
"[F]or that they had nothing elſe to doe, […] haue coyned a thouſand idle queſtions, nice diſtinctions, Obs and Sols, […]"
- 13 Gold. obsolete, uncountable
- 14 Initialism of speed of light. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 15 a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid wordnet
- 16 Initialism of slice of life. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 17 Initialism of standards of learning. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 18 Initialism of sleep onset latency. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 19 Space-occupying lesion of the brain can be caused by different pathology such as a malignancy, an abscess or a haematoma
- 20 Initialism of stoppages of leave. abbreviation, alt-of, in-plural, initialism
Adjective
- 1 Initialism of shit out of luck. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Proper Noun
- 1 The Sun, the star orbited by the Earth. poetic
- 2 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?”"
- 3 The sun god; equivalent of the Greek Helios. Brother of Luna and Aurora. Roman
- 4 The sun goddess. Norse
- 5 A male given name nonce-word
"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."
Synonyms
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"In my language, the notes of the scale are do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "sol"?
Common synonyms include: colloidal suspension, apollo, cent, colloid, colloidal solution, colon.
How do you use "sol" in a sentence?
In my language, the notes of the scale are do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do.
How do you pronounce "sol"?
Pronounced /sɒl/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
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.
Etymology 3
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.
Etymology 4
From Latin sōl (“sun”); see further at etymology 3. Doublet of sol from Spanish.
Etymology 5
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.
Etymology 6
Borrowed from Latin Sōl.
Etymology 7
Shortening.