sol UK /sɒl/US /sɔl/noun 9forms 2 noun9 •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. •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. — 1590 •In a fixed-do system: the musical note G. •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’ — 2014 •A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid. •(historical) An old coin from France and some other countries worth 12 deniers.This fellow, For six sols more, would pleade against his Maker. — 1605 •(historical) 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. — 1763 •(informal) Clipping of solidarity. •(no longer used) 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, […] — 1624 formssoles · sols
SOL noun 7adjective 1forms 1 noun7 •Space-occupying lesion of the brain can be caused by different pathology such as a malignancy, an abscess or a haematoma •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. •[in the plural] Initialism of stoppages of leave. adjective1 •(slang) Initialism of shit out of luck. formsSOLs
Sol UK /sɒl/US /soʊl/ noun2 •(rare) 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 — 1735 •(no longer used) Gold. formsSols