{ Sol Sole } (?), n. [From hydrosol an aqueous colloidal solution, confused with G. sole, soole, salt water from which salt is obtained.] (Chem.) A fluid mixture of a colloid and a liquid; a liquid colloidal solution or suspension.
So"lar myth. A myth which essentially consists of allegory based upon ideas as to the sun's course, motion, influence, or the like.
Solar parallax. The parallax of the sun, that is, the angle subtended at the sun by the semidiameter of the earth. It is 8."80, and is the fundamental datum.
Sole trader. A feme sole trader.
Sol`-fa" (?), v. t. To sing to solmization syllables.
Sol"id-drawn`, a. Drawn out from a heated solid bar, as by a process of spiral rolling which first hollows the bar and then expands the cavity by forcing the bar over a pointed mandrel fixed in front of the rolls; -- said of a weldless tube.
So"lo, a. (Music) Performing, or performed, alone; uncombined, except with subordinate parts, voices, or instruments; not concerted.
Sol"o*mon's seal. A mystic symbol consisting of two interlaced triangles forming a star with six points, often with one triangle dark and one light, symbolic of the union of soul and body.
Solo whist. A card game played with the full pack ranking as at whist, each player declaring for which of seven different points he proposes to play.
So`ma*tol"o*gy, n. 1. (Biol.) The science which treats of anatomy and physiology, apart from psychology.
2. (Anthropol.) The consideration of the physical characters of races and classes of men and of mankind in general.
Son"der*class` (?), n. [G. sonderklasse special class.] (Yachting) A special class of small yachts developed in Germany under the patronage of Emperor William and Prince Henry of Prussia, and so called because these yachts do not conform to the restrictions for the regular classes established by the rules of the International Yacht Racing Union. In yachts of the sonderclass, as prescribed for the season of 1911, the aggregate of the length on water line, extreme beam, and extreme draft must be not more than 32 feet; the weight, not less than 4,035 pounds (without crew); the sail area, not more than 550 square yards; and the cost of construction (for American boats) not more than $2400. The crew must be amateurs and citizens of the country in which the yacht was built.
So*no"ran (?), a. (Biogeography) Pertaining to or designating the arid division of the Austral zone, including the warmer parts of the western United States and central Mexico. It is divided into the Upper Sonoran, which lies next to the Transition zone, and the Lower Sonoran, next to the Tropical.
Soon"er (?), n. In the western United States, one who settles on government land before it is legally open to settlement in order to gain the prior claim that the law gives to the first settler when the land is opened to settlement; hence, any one who does a thing prematurely or anticipates another in acting in order to gain an unfair advantage.
Sooner State. Oklahoma; -- a nickname.
||Sor*ti"ta (?), n. [It., a coming out.] 1. The air sung by any of the principal characters in an opera on entering.