sol
sol Lexical Profile
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• noun
The fifth note of a major musical scale in solfège, situated between fa and la.
"The choir director instructed the tenors to sustain the sol for four full beats."
A fluid colloidal system in which minute solid particles are dispersed within a continuous liquid medium.
"As the mixture cooled in the beaker, the liquid sol gradually transformed into a semi-solid gel."
One complete solar day on the planet Mars, lasting approximately 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35 seconds.
"Mission engineers scheduled the robotic rover to drill core samples on its hundredth sol on the Martian surface."
The basic monetary unit of Peru, divided into 100 céntimos.
"Before traveling to Lima, she exchanged her dollars for Peruvian sols at the airport kiosk."
The ancient Roman god of the sun, or a personification and astronomical proper name for Earth's sun (usually capitalized as Sol).
"In classic science fiction, travelers from distant star systems often refer to Earth's star simply as Sol."
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Word Origin & Etymology
The astronomical, planetary, and Peruvian currency senses derive from Latin 'sol' (meaning 'sun'). The musical sense originates from the medieval Latin hymn 'Ut queant laxis' (Specifically the phrase 'Solve polluti'), while the chemical sense is a 19th-century shortening of 'solution'.