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tosol

/təˈsɒl/

tosol noun: the current sol (Martian day).

Noun

tosol (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) The current sol (Martian day).
    • Tosol is the beginning of the week, and tourists will start pouring in from all over Mars and maybe even very rich people from Earth.2001, Mary Turzillo, “Mars is No Place for Children”, in Robert Silverberg, editor, Nebula Awards Showcase 2001: The Year's Best SF and Fantasy Chosen by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of...
    • This self-awareness is not merely an ability to recite and logically combine facts (“I am a robot on Mars; here is tosol's plan”), […]2012, William J. Clancey, Working on Mars: Voyages of Scientific Discovery with the Mars Exploration Rovers, The MIT Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 128

Origin of tosol

From to- + sol (“Martian day”), by analogy with today.

Questions about tosol

What does tosol mean?
Tosol means the current sol (Martian day).
What part of speech is tosol?
Tosol is a noun.
How do you pronounce tosol?
Tosol is pronounced /təˈsɒl/.

Words near tosol in the dictionary

  1. Tosk
  2. Toskish
  3. toslive
  4. tosliver
  5. Toso
  6. tosol
  7. Tosos
  8. tospoviral
  9. tospovirus
  10. tospoviruses
  11. toss

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