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| == Abbreviations == | == Abbreviations == | ||
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| * ], card game (named ''Sol'' as part of the GNOME desktop environment) | * ], card game (named ''Sol'' as part of the GNOME desktop environment) | ||
| * ] | * ] | ||
| ⚫ | * ] for the Solomon Islands | ||
| == Acronyms == | == Acronyms == | ||
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| * Joseph Darnand's ], a collaborationist militia during Vichy France | * Joseph Darnand's ], a collaborationist militia during Vichy France | ||
| * ], a measure of the time it takes to fall asleep after going to bed | * ], a measure of the time it takes to fall asleep after going to bed | ||
| ⚫ | * ] | ||
| * ], a set of standards that students in schools in Virginia are expected meet before graduation | * ], a set of standards that students in schools in Virginia are expected meet before graduation | ||
| * The ], the fictional spaceship featured in the comedy TV series ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' | * The ], the fictional spaceship featured in the comedy TV series ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' | ||
| * Slang usage (also occurring as '''S-O-L''' or '''Sool''') | |||
| ** "]" (more polite forms: "short of luck", "sorry, out of luck", "sadly out of luck"), an adjectival phrase meaning "you have little to no chance of receiving any help or of resolving your issue"; example: "You wanted to win, but you didn't enter the contest before it ended? You're SOL." | |||
| ** "Shit on LAN", an e-gaming complaint about ] problems | |||
| * ] | * ] | ||
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| * '']'', "Weird Al" Yankovic's 12th album | * '']'', "Weird Al" Yankovic's 12th album | ||
| * '']'' (SoL), an expansion to the Everquest computer game | * '']'' (SoL), an expansion to the Everquest computer game | ||
| * Society for Organizational Learning |
* ] | ||
| == Currency == | == Currency == | ||
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| * The ], used in Peru between 1863 and 1985 | * The ], used in Peru between 1863 and 1985 | ||
| * The ], named after the earlier ''sol'', introduced in 1991 | * The ], named after the earlier ''sol'', introduced in 1991 | ||
| * The ''sol'' (later ''sou''), a coin used in France during the 13th–18th century |
* The ''sol'' (later ''sou''), a coin used in France during the 13th–18th century, derived from the Roman ] | ||
| * The ], a complementary currency under development in France | * The ], a complementary currency under development in France | ||
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| * ], suspensions of solid particles in a liquid | * ], suspensions of solid particles in a liquid | ||
| * ], a colloidal suspension of silicon dioxide that is gelled to form a solid | * ], a colloidal suspension of silicon dioxide that is gelled to form a solid | ||
| * Sol Ring, an artifact card from the game ''Magic: The Gathering'' that produces two colorless mana | |||
| * Sol, the fifth note of the ] music scale | * Sol, the fifth note of the ] music scale | ||
| * ], called ''sol'' in some non-English versions of the ''Star Trek'' television series | * ], called ''sol'' in some non-English versions of the ''Star Trek'' television series | ||
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| * ''Sol'', one of six ] steam locomotives | * ''Sol'', one of six ] steam locomotives | ||
| * "Sol", a song by Kinky from their 2002 album '']'' | * "Sol", a song by Kinky from their 2002 album '']'' | ||
| * The run command for Microsoft Solitaire in Windows | |||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
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Sol is most commonly the name or personification of the Sun.
Other meanings and uses of sol, SoL or SOL are below:
Abbreviations
- Solar system
- Klondike solitaire, card game (named Sol as part of the GNOME desktop environment)
- Solution
- Olympic country code for the Solomon Islands
Acronyms
- Satellite of Orbital Laser, in the manga and anime Akira
- Scars of Life
- Speed of light
- Statute of limitations, a legal term
- Stadium of Light, the home of Sunderland A.F.C.
- Joseph Darnand's Service d'ordre légionnaire, a collaborationist militia during Vichy France
- Sleep Onset Latency, a measure of the time it takes to fall asleep after going to bed
- Standards of Learning, a set of standards that students in schools in Virginia are expected meet before graduation
- The Satellite of Love, the fictional spaceship featured in the comedy TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Serial over LAN
- Straight Outta Lynwood, "Weird Al" Yankovic's 12th album
- The Shadows of Luclin (SoL), an expansion to the Everquest computer game
- Society for Organizational Learning
Currency
- The Peruvian sol, used in Peru between 1863 and 1985
- The Peruvian nuevo sol, named after the earlier sol, introduced in 1991
- The sol (later sou), a coin used in France during the 13th–18th century, derived from the Roman solidus
- The SOL Project, a complementary currency under development in France
People
- Sol., a citation abbreviation for Daniel Solander, a standard botanical author
- Sol Badguy, a bounty hunter character of the Guilty Gear game series
- Sol Campbell, a soccer player
- Sol (comedian), a fictional character created by Marc Favreau
- Sol (goddess), the goddess of the sun in Norse mythology
Other
- Sol (beer), a beer brewed by Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma in Mexico
- Sol (colloid), suspensions of solid particles in a liquid
- Sol gel, a colloidal suspension of silicon dioxide that is gelled to form a solid
- Sol, the fifth note of the solfege music scale
- Warp drive, called sol in some non-English versions of the Star Trek television series
- Sol, a city in the video game Legend of Legaia
- Sol, one of six South Devon Railway Gorgon class steam locomotives
- "Sol", a song by Kinky from their 2002 album Kinky