sol

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Music The fifth tone of the diatonic scale in solfeggio.
2. n. An old French coin worth 12 deniers.
3. n. See Table at currency.
4. n. A colloidal solution.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The sun. See Phœbus.
2. n. In heraldry, a tincture, the metal or, or gold, in blazoning by planets, as in the arms of sovereigns. See blazon, n., 2.
3. n. In alchemy, gold.
4. n. An old French coin, the twentieth part of the livre, and equivalent to twelve deniers. At the revolution it was superseded by the sou.
5. n. A current silver coin of Peru, of the same weight and fineness as the French 5-franc piece. Gold pieces of 1, 2, 5, 10, and 20 sols are also struck. Also sole.
6. n. In solmization, the syllable used for the fifth tone of the scale, or dominant. In the scale of C this tone is G, which is therefore called sol in France, Italy, etc.
7. n. An abbreviation of solution.
8. n. An abbreviation of Solicitor.

Wiktionary

1. n. music The fifth step in the solfège scale of C (Ut), preceded by fa and followed by la.
2. n. astronomy A solar day on Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds).
3. n. obsolete, alchemy Gold.
4. n. A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
5. n. physical chemistry A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid.
6. n. An old French coin consisting of 12 deniers.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The sun.
2. n. (Alchem.) Gold; -- so called from its brilliancy, color, and value.
3. n. A syllable applied in solmization to the note G, or to the fifth tone of any diatonic scale.
4. n. The tone itself.
5. n. A sou.
6. n. A silver and gold coin of Peru. The silver sol is the unit of value, and is worth about 68 cents.
7. n. (Chem.) A fluid mixture of a colloid and a liquid; a liquid colloidal solution or suspension.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
2. n. (Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios
3. n. the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization