sole

sole

¹

Law having no wife or husband

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sole

²

1. the underside of the foot

2. the underside of a golf-club head

3. the bottom of an oven, furnace, etc.

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sole

³

1. any tongue-shaped flatfish of the family Soleidae, esp Solea solea (European sole): most common in warm seas and highly valued as food fishes

2. any of certain other similar fishes

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sole

[sōl]

(building construction)

The horizontal member beneath the studs in a framed building.

(electronics)

Electrode used in magnetrons and backward-wave oscillators to carry a current that generates a magnetic field in the direction wanted.

(geography)

The lowest part of a valley.

(geology)

The bottom of a sedimentary stratum.

The middle and lower portion of the shear surface of a landslide.

The underlying fault plane of a thrust nappe. Also known as sole plane.

(hydrology)

The basal ice of a glacier, often dirty in appearance due to contained rock fragments.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

sole

1. Same as solepiece.

2. Same as soleplate.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.