Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sol"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sol \Sol\, n. [L.]
1. The sun.
2. (Alchem.) Gold; -- so called from its brilliancy, color,
and value. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sol
n 1: a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a
solid is suspended in a liquid [syn: {colloidal solution},
{colloidal suspension}]
2: (Greek mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the
sun; counterpart of Greek Helios [syn: {Sol}]
3: the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical
scale in solmization [syn: {soh}, {so}]
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