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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOL, n. [from L. solidus.]
1. In France, a small copper coin; a penny; usually sou sor sous.
2. A copper coin and money of acount in Switzerland.
SOL, n. The name of a not in music.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid [syn: sol, colloidal solution, colloidal suspension]
2: (Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios
3: the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization [syn: sol, soh, so]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin Date: 15th century 1. the Roman god of the sun — compare Helios 2. sun

Merriam Webster's

I. noun also so Etymology: Medieval Latin sol; from the syllable sung to this note in a medieval hymn to Saint John the Baptist Date: 14th century the fifth tone of the diatonic scale in solmization II. noun Etymology: Middle French — more at sou Date: 1583 an old French coin equal to 12 deniers; also a corresponding unit of value III. noun (plural soles) Etymology: American Spanish, from Spanish, sun, from Latin Date: 1883 the basic monetary unit of Peru before 1985 and since 1990 — see money table IV. noun Etymology: -sol (as in hydrosol), from solution Date: 1899 a fluid colloidal system; especially one in which the continuous phase is a liquid V. abbreviation soluble

Britannica Concise

In Roman religion, the name of two distinct sun gods at Rome. The original Sol, or Sol Indiges, had an annual sacrifice and shrines on the Quirinal and in the Circus Maximus. After the importation of various Syrian sun cults, Elagabalus built a temple to Sol Invictus on the Palatine and attempted to make his worship the principal religion at Rome. Aurelian later reestablished the worship and erected a temple to Sol in the Campus Agrippae. The worship of Sol remained the chief imperial cult until the rise of Christianity.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (in Roman mythology) the sun, esp. as a personification. Etymology: ME f. L

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. var. of SOH. 2. n. Chem. a liquid suspension of a colloid. Etymology: abbr. of SOLUTION

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sol Sol Sole Sole, n. [From hydrosol an aqueous colloidal solution, confused with G. sole, soole, salt water from which salt is obtained.] (Chem.) A fluid mixture of a colloid and a liquid; a liquid colloidal solution or suspension.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sol Sol, n. [L.] 1. The sun. 2. (Alchem.) Gold; -- so called from its brilliancy, color, and value. --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sol Sol, n. [It.] (Mus.) (a) A syllable applied in solmization to the note G, or to the fifth tone of any diatonic scale. (b) The tone itself.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sol Sol, n. [See Sou.] 1. A sou. 2. A silver and gold coin of Peru. The silver sol is the unit of value, and is worth about 68 cents.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

G G (j[=e]) 1. G is the seventh letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It has two sounds; one simple, as in gave, go, gull; the other compound (like that of j), as in gem, gin, dingy. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 231-6, 155, 176, 178, 179, 196, 211, 246. Note: The form of G is from the Latin, in the alphabet which it first appeared as a modified form of C. The name is also from the Latin, and probably comes to us through the French. Etymologically it is most closely related to a c hard, k y, and w; as in corn, grain, kernel; kin L. genus, Gr. ?; E. garden, yard; drag, draw; also to ch and h; as in get, prehensile; guest, host (an army); gall, choler; gust, choose. See C. 2. (Mus.) G is the name of the fifth tone of the natural or model scale; -- called also sol by the Italians and French. It was also originally used as the treble clef, and has gradually changed into the character represented in the margin. See Clef. G[sharp] (G sharp) is a tone intermediate between G and A.