Sol.

1. Solicitor.

2. See Song of Solomon.

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sol¹ «sohl», noun.

Music. the fifth tone of the scale; G. Also, so.

╂[Middle English sol; see etym. under gamut (Cf. ↑gamut)]

sol² «sohl», noun, plural sols «sohlz», so|les «SOH lays».

1. a unit of money of Peru, equal to 100 centavos.

2. a silver coin or note having this value.

╂[< Spanish sol sun < Latin sōl, sōlis]

sol³ «sol», noun.

a former French silver or copper coin and money of account worth ¹/₂₀ of a livre.

╂[< Old French sol < Latin solidus gold (coin). See etym. of doublets sou (Cf. ↑sou), soldo (Cf. ↑soldo), solid. (Cf. ↑solid)]

sol⁴ «sol, sohl», noun.

a colloidal solution: »

A sol is usually a solid dispersed in a liquid; but it may also be a gas or a liquid in a liquid (A. B. Garrett).

╂[< sol(ution)]

sol⁵ «sol», noun.

a Martian day, consisting of 24 hours, 37 minutes, and 22 seconds.

╂[probably < Latin sōl, sōlis sun (a Martian day is one rotation of the planet)]

Sol «sol», noun.

1. the Roman god of the sun. The Greeks called him Helios.

2. the sun, personified.

3. Obsolete. (in alchemy) gold.

╂[< Latin sōl, sōlis (literally) the sun]

sol.,

1. soluble.

2. solution.

Sol.,

1. Solicitor.

2. Solomon.

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abbr.

■ soluble

■ solution