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Definition of 'sol'

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist all note names were take from.

Alternative forms

* so, soh

Noun

(-)
  • (music) The fifth step in the scale of C (Ut), preceded by fa and followed by la.

    • Etymology 2

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    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (label) A solar day on Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds).
  • gold
    • (Chaucer)
    See also
    * Sol * yestersol

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol ) , or a coin of this value.
  • * (rfdate), M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana :
    • Three days after, the Great Sun, his brother, sent me another deer-skin of the same oil, to the quantity of forty pints. The most common sort sold this year at twenty sols a pint, and I was sure mine was not of the worst kind.

    Etymology 4

    An abbreviation of (solution)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid.

    • Etymology 5

    , from (etyl) (m)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An old French coin consisting of 12 deniers.

    • Anagrams

    * English terms with multiple etymologies ----

    Similar to 'sol'

    sill, soil, sell, sal, sail, soul, seal, sial, shul, saul, sull, skol, seel, skil, sowl, soal