SOL

  1. (initialism) .  Statute of limitations.
  2. (initialism) .  Speed of light.
  3. (initialism) .  Standards of Learning.
  4. (initialism) .  (idiomatic) (vulgar) shit out of luck, meaning that luck has run out; an impasse has been reached (figuratively or literally).
  5. (initialism) .  Sleep Onset Latency.
  6. (initialism) .  Stoppages of leave.
  7. Noun.  The local day (cycle of light and darkness) on another planet; that on Mars, the synodical rotation period of which is 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds.
  8. Proper noun.  The Sun.
  9. Proper noun.  (Roman god) The sun god; equivalent of the Greek Helios.
  10. Proper noun.  (Norse mythology) The sun goddess.
  11. Proper noun.  A diminutive of the male given name Solomon.
  12. Noun.  (music) The fifth step in the solfège scale of C (Ut), preceded by fa and followed by la.
  13. Noun.  (astronomy) A solar day on Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds).
  14. Noun.  (obsolete, alchemy) Gold.
  15. Noun.  A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru ''(also '''new sol''')'', or a coin of this value.
  16. Noun.  (context, physical) A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid.
  17. Noun.  An old French coin consisting of 12 deniers.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.