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sol

1  [sohl]
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–noun Music.
1. the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
2. (in the fixed system of solmization) the tone G.
Also, so.
Compare sol-fa (def. 1).

Origin:
1275–1325; ME < L solve; see gamut
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2  [sohl, sol]
–noun
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 solidus 1 (def. 2).

Origin:
1575–85; < OF sol < LL solidus solidus; cf. It soldo, Sp sueldo

sol

3  [sohl, sol; Sp. sawl]
–noun, plural sols, Spanish. so⋅les  [saw-les] .
1. a bronze coin and monetary unit of Peru, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: S.
2. Also called libra. a former gold coin of Peru.
Origin:
1880–85; < AmerSp: sun, Sp < L sōl

sol

4  [sawl, sol]
–noun Physical Chemistry.
a fluid colloidal solution.
Compare aerosol, gel.

Origin:
shortened form of hydrosol

Sol

  [sol]
–noun
1. an ancient Roman god personifying the sun.
2. the sun, personified by the Romans as a god.
3. a male given name, form of Solomon.

-sol

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

Sol.

 
1. Solicitor.
2. Song of Solomon.

sol.

 
1. soluble.
2. solution.

S.O.L.

 
Slang.
1. strictly out (of) luck.
2. Vulgar. shit out (of) luck.
Also, SOL
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sol 1   (sōl)   
n.   Music
The fifth tone of the diatonic scale in solfeggio.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin; see gamut.]
sol 2   (sŏl)   
n.  An old French coin worth 12 deniers.

[French, from Old French, from Late Latin solidus, solidus; see solidus.]
sol 3   (sōl)   
n.   pl. so·les (sō'lěs)
See Table at currency.

[Spanish, sun (from the drawing on the coin), from Latin sōl, sun; see sāwel- in Indo-European roots.]
sol 4   (sôl, sōl)   
n.  A colloidal solution.

[From solution.]
Sol   (sŏl, sōl)   
n.  The sun.

[Middle English, from Latin sōl; see sāwel- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
shit out of luck

and SOL
  1. 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.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

Sol 
"the sun," c.1450, 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 alternate form -*en-, yielding *s(u)wen-, source of Eng. sun (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sol
Pronunciation: 'säl, 'sol
Function: noun
: a fluid colloidal system; especially : one in which the dispersion medium isa liquid
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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

sol. abbr.
solution

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Computing Dictionary

SOL
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.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
SOL
shit out of luck
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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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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