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Noun: sol  sowl or sól [N. Amer], sól [Brit]
  1. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
    "Soh is sometimes spelled 'sol' in certain solfege systems";
    - soh, so
     
  2. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
    "Milk is an example of a sol, with fat globules dispersed in water";
    - colloidal solution, colloidal suspension
Noun: Sol  sól
  1. (Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios

Derived forms: sols

Type of: colloid, Roman deity, solfa syllable

Encyclopedia: Sol, Silesian Voivodeship