tosol

tosol

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈsɒl/

Noun

tosol (plural not attested)

1. The current sol (Martian day).
   • 2001, Mary Turzillo, "Mars is No Place for Children", in Nebula Awards Showcase 2001: The Year's Best SF and Fantasy Chosen by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (ed. Robert Silverberg), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2001), →ISBN, page 75:

     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.

   • 2012, William J. Clancey, Working on Mars: Voyages of Scientific Discovery with the Mars Exploration Rovers, The MIT Press (2012), →ISBN, page 128:

     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”), […]

   • 2013, Dave Lane, Mars Exploration Rover "Opportunity" Vol 3 2007-2008, Lulu.com (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     Tosol was the day Opportunity shook the miniature thermal emission spectrometer in an effort to remove dust from one of its mirrors.

See also

• yestersol

Anagrams

• loots, lotos, sloot, sotol, stool, tools