tosol

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English

Etymology

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

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Noun

tosol (plural not attested)

  1. The current sol (Martian day).
    • 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 America, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →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, published 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, published 2013, →ISBN:
      Tosol was the day Opportunity shook the miniature thermal emission spectrometer in an effort to remove dust from one of its mirrors.

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