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Sol
English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sol
- The Sun.
Noun
sol (plural sols)
- (space exploration) The "day" (cycle of light and darkness) on another planet, particularly Mars, the synodical rotation period of which is 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds. This is only slightly longer than that of Earth, so researchers who telecommute (operate instruments on) the surface of Mars adjust their workday to the Martian "sol".
- For several sols, Spirit has been working its way towards nearby Bonneville crater.
- (music) The fifth step in the solfege scale, preceded by fa and followed by lah.
- (currency) The main currency unit of Peru; a coin of this value.
- Three days after, the Great Sun, his brother, sent me another deer-skin of the same oil, to the quantity of forty pints. The commonest sort sold this year at twenty sols a pint, and I was sure mine was not of the worst kind. — History of Louisiana, M. Le Page Du Pratz
- A type of colloid , in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid.
Homophones
See also
French
Noun
sol m (plural sols except as indicated)
- soil, earth
- ground
- floor
- sou (old)
- (plural sol) G (in music)
- sol (Peruvian currency unit)
Interlingua
Noun
sol
- sun
Adjective
sol
- only
- alone
Latin
Noun
sol m
- sun
Declension
Third declension.
| case \ #
| M.
| MM.
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| Nominative
| sōl
| sōlēs
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| Genitive
| sōlis
| sōlum
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| Dative
| sōlī
| sōlibus
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| Accusative
| sōlem
| sōlēs
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| Ablative
| sōle
| sōlibus
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Derived terms
Spanish
Noun
sol m
- sun
Volapük
Noun
sol
- sun
Portugusese
Noun
sol
- sun
- sol (musical note)
Swedish
Noun
sol
- sun
- (by similarity) a star, especially when one considers things in its surroundings.
Conjugations
| Common
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| Singular
| Plural
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| Indefinite
| Definite
| Indefinite
| Definite
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| Nominative
| sol
| solen
| solar
| solarna
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| Genitive
| sols
| solens
| solars
| solarnas
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