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Sol III

Sol III proper noun: the planet Earth.

Proper noun

Sol III

  1. The planet Earth.
    • The alien lecturer describes the Terrans as a “newly emerged race from Sol III [Earth]” who are only just beginning to communicate with other species, but not very successfully, as the Aldebaran IV incident demonstrates.2012 June, Dianne Newell, Victoria Lamont, Judith Merril: A Critical Study, McFarland & Company, page 86
    • […] enshrouded in bitterness and misery a man named Colin Marshack on an insignificant planet called Sol III, Earth, Terra, the world...2014 April, Harlan Ellison, Paingod: And Other Delusions, Open Road Media, page 31
    Synonyms:
    Gaia, God's green earth, Mother Earth, Planet Earth, Prithvi, Tellus, Terra, the globe, the planet, the world

Examples of Sol III in a sentence

  • At last the ship made its final approach to Sol III: Earth.2016 October, Stephen Baxter, Destiny's Children: Coalescent, Exultant, Transcendent, Resplendent, Orion Publishing Group, page 50:
  • We're going home to Earth!” “Current location: orbiting the moon of Sol III, also known as Earth.”2017, Marc Baumgartner, Inheritance of Stars: New Worlds, tredition, page 388:

Synonyms of Sol III

Origin of Sol III

From Earth's position as the third planet from the Sun (Sol).

Questions about Sol III

What does Sol III mean?
Sol III means the planet Earth.
How do you use Sol III in a sentence?
At last the ship made its final approach to Sol III: Earth.
What part of speech is Sol III?
Sol III is a proper noun.

Words near Sol III in the dictionary

  1. sol
  2. sol de mayo
  3. sol de mayos
  4. Sol I
  5. Sol II
  6. Sol III
  7. Sol IV
  8. Sol IX
  9. Sol System
  10. Sol V
  11. Sol VI

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