☉
Appearance
See also: Ꙩ [U+A668 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER MONOCULAR O], ꙩ [U+A669 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER MONOCULAR O], ʘ [U+0298 LATIN LETTER BILABIAL CLICK], 𐍈 [U+10348 GOTHIC LETTER HWAIR], ⵙ [U+2D59 TIFINAGH LETTER YAS], ⊙ [U+2299 CIRCLED DOT OPERATOR], ⨀ [U+2A00 N-ARY CIRCLED DOT OPERATOR], ◉ [U+25C9 FISHEYE], and 𑀣 [U+11023 BRAHMI LETTER THA]
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The shield of the sun god Apollo, with a boss in the center. Medieval replacement of ⟨🜚⟩, the sun with a single ray, which in ancient times had replaced a sun orb surrounded by multiple rays.[1]
Compare the Egyptian hieroglyph ⟨⟩ and the Chinese character ⟨⟩, both of which mean 'sun' and 'day'.
Symbol
[edit]☉
- (astronomy, astrology) Sol, the Sun.
- A subscript to variables in mathematical equations, such as π☉ (solar parallax).
- 1803, Robert Patterson, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, volume 40 (in English), Princeton University Press, published 2013, page 71:
- Suppose the apparent angular distance of the sun & moon's nearest limbs [...] to be 110°.2′.30″ the app. alt of ☉'s lower limb measuring 20°.40′ and that of ☽'s lower limb 35°.24′
- (astronomy) solar mass.
- Synonym: M☉
- 1939, Oppenheimer & Volkoff, “On Massive Neutron Cores”, in Physical Review, volume 55:
- For masses under ☉ only one equilibrium solution exists
- (botany) annual.[2]
- (alchemy) gold.
- (rare) Sunday.
- Refers to the Latin phrase dies Solis, which literally means "Sun's day".
- (philately) cancellation (with an ordinary post-office cancellation mark).
- (chemistry, obsolete) hydrogen (Daltonian symbol).
- Technically, this should be red: ☉. May also be typeset ⊙.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- (astronomy): M☉ – solar mass (as a unit of measurement for the masses of stars)
- L☉ – solar luminosity (as a unit of measurement).
- R☉ – solar radius (as a unit of measurement).
- S☉ – solar constant (as a unit of measurement).
Related terms
[edit]Gallery
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An abstract variant
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A decorative variant in the Netherlands
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As a symbol for gold
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Symbol on a gold background
See also
[edit]References
[edit]English
[edit]Symbol
[edit]☉
- (Should we delete(+) this redundant sense?) the sun
- 1797, Sigismund Bacstrom, transl., Chemical Moon-Shine: Wherein is Demonstrated the True Subject of Philosophy, Where We are to Look for it, & How it is to be Prepared:
- The matter must be collected when the Ram is grasing. |: i.e. ☉ in ♈︎ :|
- (Should we delete(+) this redundant sense?) (alchemy) gold
- 1650, Paracelsus, “Of the Nature of Things”, in John French, transl., A New Light of Alchymie, page 73:
- But that the five leſſer, and impurer Metalls, viz. ♀ ♃ ♄ ♂ and ☿ may be tranſmuted into the greater, pureſt, and moſt perfect Metalls, viz. into ☉ and ☾, it cannot be done without the Tincture, or Philoſophers ſtone.
German
[edit]Symbol
[edit]☉
- (cartography): city center
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]☉ m sg (genitive ☉lis); third declension
- (alchemy) Abbreviation of sol (“sun”).
- 1688, Caspar Cramer, Collegium chymicum, page 6:
- Sic ſunt homines, qui ad lumen candelæ non autem ☉lis cœcutiunt, morbus nyctalopia dicitur.
- Thus there are men who are blind to the light of a candle but not of the sun; the disease is called nyctalopia.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | ☉ |
genitive | ☉lis |
dative | ☉lī |
accusative | ☉lem |
ablative | ☉le |
vocative | ☉ |
Third-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | ☉ |
genitive | ☉is |
dative | ☉ī |
accusative | ☉em |
ablative | ☉e |
vocative | ☉ |
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]☉ n (genitive ☉rī); second declension
- (alchemy) Abbreviation of aurum (“gold”).
- 1701, Johann Christoph Sommerhoff, Lexicon pharmaceutico-chymicum latino-germanicum & germanico-latinum [Pharmaceutico-Chemical Lexicon, Latin-German and German-Latin], page 34:
- Aurum fulminans fit ex ☉ro in 🜆egis ſoluto
- Fulminating gold is made from gold dissolved in aqua regia
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
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