Sol

Sol or SOL may refer to:

In science and technology

• Sol, the Latin name of the main-sequence star of the synonymous Sol System, called the Sun in English
  • Typically used in science fiction and other contexts where the author wants to distinguish our particular star or the Solar System from "a sun" or "a planetary system"
• Sol (colloid), a type of suspension
• sol (format), a file format for presenting solutions of mathematical programming problems
• Sol geometry, a three-dimensional Riemannian manifold
• Sol, a Martian day
  • Sol, a solar day as used in timekeeping on Mars
• Sol-20, a computer produced by company Processor Technology
• Sol., abbreviation for solution

Acronyms

• Secure Operations Language
• Serial over LAN
• Sleep onset latency
• Simple Object Language, the ancestor of Lua programming language
• Shit outta luck (slang expression meaning a hopeless situation)

People

• Daniel Solander or Sol. (1733–1782), Swedish botanical author

In beer

• Sol, Cervecería Centro Americana
• Sol, a beer by the Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery

In companies

• Sol (newspaper), a weekly newspaper published in Portugal
• Sol (newspaper), a daily left-leaning newspaper published in Turkey.
• Sol (production company), leading Indian television show production company
• Scandinavian Outdoor Living, a European outdoor furniture company
• Sol Líneas Aéreas, an airline in Argentina
• Sol Linhas Aéreas, an airline in Brazil

In culture

Fiction

• Sol (comedian), a creation of Marc Favreau
• Satellite of Love (MST3K), a spaceship in Mystery Science Theater 3000
• Sol, a cat in Warriors (novel series)
• Slice of life

Music

• G (musical note) or sol, a note of the solfege music scale
• G major or sol, a musical key

Artists

• Sol (Hip Hop Artist) or Sol Moravia-Rosenberg, a hip hop artist based in Seattle
• S.O.L. or Oliver Lieb, German electronic music producer and DJ
• Taeyang or SOL, Korean singer

Works

• Sol, an album by Ougenweide
• Straight Outta Lynwood, an album by Weird Al Yankovic

Mythology

• Sol (mythology), a Roman sun god
• Sól (sun), a Norse sun goddess
  • Sowilo rune or Sol, a Norse rune

Video games

• The Shadows of Luclin (also known as SOL), an expansion to the Everquest computer game

In currency

• SOL Project, a currency project in France
• French sol or sou
• Peruvian nuevo sol
• Peruvian sol

In organizations

• Senator On-Line, a registered Australian political party
• Service d'ordre légionnaire, a collaborationist militia in Vichy France
• Society for Organizational Learning
• The Social Liberals (Austria), a minor political party
• Stratford–Okahukura Line, a secondary railway line in New Zealand

In sports

• Los Angeles Sol, a defunct professional soccer team
• Miami Sol, a defunct Women's National Basketball Association team
• Sonoma County Sol, an American soccer team

In Medicine

• Space-Occupying Lesion
• Signs of Life
• Spontaneous Onset of Labor (or "SOOL")

In other uses

• Sol (name), a given name and a nickname for Solomon
• California State Prison, Solano, a prison in the USA
• Acronyms:
  • Skilled Occupation List, skilled occupations acceptable for migration to Australia
  • Solana Beach (train station), a train station serving the City of Solana Beach in the State of California
  • Standards of Learning, a set of standards Virginia students must meet before graduation

See also

• El Sol (disambiguation)
• Sól (disambiguation)
• Sol Invictus (disambiguation)
• Sole (disambiguation)