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yestersol

yestersol adverb: on the sol (Martian day) before the present one.

Adverb

yestersol (not comparable)

  1. On the sol (Martian day) before the present one.
    • But yestersol he took Mother into the old middle-pressure greenhouse (the little one they built when they first arrived here) and got her involved in a long discussion.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...

Noun

yestersol (plural yestersols)

  1. The sol (Martian day) before the present one.
    • "We'll basically be waking up in the Mars morning, which will be 47 minutes later each day, and uploading our commands from 'yestersol,'" he said.2003 December 19, Sue Vorenberg, “Mars Central”, in Albuquerque Tribune

Forms of yestersol

pluralyestersols

Origin of yestersol

From yester- + sol (“Martian day”), by analogy with yesterday.

Questions about yestersol

What does yestersol mean?
Yestersol means on the sol (Martian day) before the present one.
What part of speech is yestersol?
Yestersol can be an adverb or a noun.

Words near yestersol in the dictionary

  1. yesternoon
  2. yesternoons
  3. yesterns
  4. yesters
  5. yesterseason
  6. yestersol
  7. yestersols
  8. yestertech
  9. yestertide
  10. yestertime
  11. yestertimes

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