sol

a former coin and money of account of France, the 20th part of a livre and equal to 12 deniers: originally gold, later silver, finally copper, it was discontinued in 1794.

Also, sou.

Compare solidus¹ ( def 2 ).

Origin:
1575–85; < Old French sol < Late Latin solidus solidus; compare Italian soldo, Spanish sueldo

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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noun, plural sols Spanish, so·les

[saw-les] .

a bronze coin and monetary unit of Peru, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: S.

Also called libra. a former gold coin of Peru.

Origin:
1880–85; < American Spanish: sun, Spanish < Latin sōl

noun Physical Chemistry.

a fluid colloidal solution.

Compare aerosol, gel.

Origin:
shortened form of hydrosol

noun

an ancient Roman god personifying the sun.

the sun, personified by the Romans as a god.

a male given name, form of Solomon.

a combining form meaning “soil” of the kind specified by the initial element: spodosol.

Origin:
< Latin solum soil

Slang.

strictly out (of) luck.

Vulgar. shit out (of) luck.

Also, SOL.

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World English Dictionary

sol¹ (sɒl)

—n
	music another name for soh

[C14: see gamut]

sol² (səʊl)

—n
1.	short for new sol
2.	a former French copper or silver coin, usually worth 12 deniers

[C16: from Old French, from Late Latin: solidus]

sol³ (sɒl)

—n
	a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase, esp one in which a solid is suspended in a liquid

[C20: shortened from hydrosol]

sol⁴ (sɒl)

—n
	astronomy a solar day as measured on the planet Mars, equal to 24.65 hours

[C20: from Latin sōl the sun]

Sol (sɒl)

—n
1.	Greek counterpart: Helios the Roman god personifying the sun
2.	a poetic word for the sun

Sol.

—*abbreviation for*
1.	Also: Solr solicitor
2.	Bible Solomon

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Word Origin & History

Sol

"the sun," mid-15c., from L. sol "the sun," from PIE *s(e)wol-, from base *saewel- "to shine, the sun" (cf. Skt. suryah, Avestan hvar "sun, light, heavens;" Gk. helios; Lith. saule; O.C.S. slunice; Goth. sauil, O.E. sol "sun," swegl "sky, heavens, the sun;" Welsh haul, O.Cornish heuul, Breton heol "sun;"

O.Ir. suil "eye"). The PIE element -*el- in the root originally was a suffix and had an alternative form -*en-, yielding *s(u)wen-, source of Eng. sun (q.v.).

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Medical Dictionary

sol (sôl, sōl)
n.
A colloidal dispersion of a solid in a liquid.

sol. abbr.
solution

Slang Dictionary

shit out of luck definition

and SOL

phr. & comp. abb.
Completely out of luck. (Usually objectionable.) : Sorry. U R SOL.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Computing Dictionary

SOL definition

1. Simulation Oriented Language.
2. Second-Order lambda-calculus.
3. Semantic Operating Language. Language for manipulating semantic networks for building cognitive models, particularly for natural language understanding. "Explorations in Cognition", D.A. Norman et al, W.H. Freeman 1974.
4. Shit Outta Luck.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

SOL
shit out of luck

sol.

soluble
solution

Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia

sol

in physical chemistry, a colloid (aggregate of very fine particles dispersed in a continuous medium) in which the particles are solid and the dispersion medium is fluid. If the dispersion medium is water, the colloid may be called a hydrosol; and if air, an aerosol. Lyophobic (Greek: "liquid-hating") sols are characterized by particles that are not strongly attracted to molecules of the dispersion medium and that are relatively easily coagulated and precipitated. Lyophilic ("liquid-loving") sols are more stable and more closely resemble true solutions. Many sols are intermediate between lyophobic and lyophilic types. Compare gel.

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