sol
part of speech
noun (Sol — the Sun; sol — music note; a sol — a Mars day; sol — chemistry; sol — money of Peru); also French and Spanish word
meaning for a pupil
1) (space) Sol is a name for our Sun, from Latin. tree →
2) (space) A sol is one day on Mars, about 24 hours 40 minutes. tree →
3) (music) Sol (or so, soh) is the fifth note of the do-re-mi scale. tree →
4) (science) A sol is a liquid with tiny solid bits spread through it (a kind of colloid). tree →
5) The sol is the money of Peru. tree →
6) (French) "Sol" means floor or ground; (Spanish, Portuguese) "sol" means sun — not English words. tree →
sense in the lessons
In space lessons, scientists number Mars rover days in sols ("on sol 100 the rover found a rock"); science fiction calls our Sun "Sol". In music, do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do is sung in The Sound of Music ("so, a needle pulling thread"). In French lessons, "par terre" or "sur le sol" means on the ground.
examples
- The Mars rover took a photo on its 200th sol. tree →
- A sol on Mars is about 40 minutes longer than an Earth day. tree →
- Sol is the Latin name for the Sun. tree →
- Sing do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do. tree →
- In science fiction, Earth's sun is called Sol. tree →
- The price was ten soles in a market in Lima. tree →
- (French) "Le sol" means the ground or the floor. tree →
- (Spanish) "Hace sol" means "it is sunny". tree →
note
Capital S for the Sun's name (Sol). The music note is also spelt "so" or "soh". Plural of the Peruvian money: soles. In French "sol" is not the sun (that is "soleil"). Do not confuse with "soul" or "sole".
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sol» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.