Sol

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  • noun. The fifth tone of the diatonic scale in solfeggio.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An old French coin worth 12 deniers.
  • noun. A colloidal solution.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An old French coin, the twentieth part of the livre, and equivalent to twelve deniers. At the revolution it was superseded by the sou.
  • noun. A current silver coin of Peru, of the same weight and fineness as the French 5-franc piece. Gold pieces of 1, 2, 5, 10, and 20 sols are also struck. Also sole.
  • noun. The sun. See Phœbus.
  • noun. In heraldry, a tincture, the metal or, or gold, in blazoning by planets, as in the arms of sovereigns. See blazon, n., 2.
  • noun. In alchemy, gold.
  • noun. In solmization, the syllable used for the fifth tone of the scale, or dominant. In the scale of C this tone is G, which is therefore called sol in France, Italy, etc.
  • noun. An abbreviation of Solicitor.
  • noun. An abbreviation of solution.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A syllable applied in solmization to the note G, or to the fifth tone of any diatonic scale.
  • noun. The tone itself.
  • noun. A sou.
  • noun. A silver and gold coin of Peru. The silver sol is the unit of value, and is worth about 68 cents.
  • noun. The sun.
  • noun. Gold; -- so called from its brilliancy, color, and value.
  • noun. A fluid mixture of a colloid and a liquid; a liquid colloidal solution or suspension.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The fifth step in the solfège scale of C (Ut), preceded by fa and followed by la.
  • noun. A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
  • noun. A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid.
  • noun. An old French coin consisting of 12 deniers.
  • noun. A solar day on Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds).
  • noun. Gold.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
  • noun. (Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios
  • noun. the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
  • Word Usage
    "And while they battled, the sun stood still. solstice is derived from the Latin word sol, which means sun, and sistere, which means to stand still."
    cross-reference
    Sol  yestersol  
    Equivalent
    sole  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Amal  Bhopal  Chagall  Cole  Coll  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ECU  diceret  fa  falsum  hace  
    Synonym
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    gold  sou  
    variant
    soles