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Meaning of SOLO

Pronunciation:  'sowlow

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied
  2. [n]  any activity that is performed alone without assistance
  3. [n]  a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment)
  4. [adv]  without anybody else; "the child stayed home alone"; "he flew solo"
  5. [adj]  (music) composed or performed by a single voice or instrument; "a passage for solo clarinet"
  6. [v]  fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers
 
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 Synonyms: alone, unaccompanied, unaccompanied
 
 See Also: activity, aviate, composition, flight, fly, flying, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music, pilot, voluntary

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \So"lo\, a. (Music)
    Performing, or performed, alone; uncombined, except with
    subordinate parts, voices, or instruments; not concerted.
    
  2. \So"lo\, n.; pl. E. {Solos}, It. {Soli}. [It., from L.
    solus alone. See {Sole}, a.] (Mus.)
    A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single
    person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice.
    
 
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Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

[SOL (Semantic Operating Language) + LOGO]. A variant of LOGO with primitives for dealing with semantic networks and pattern matching rather than lists.

["A User-Friendly Software Environment for the Novice Programmer", M. Eisenstadt <[email protected]>, CACM 27(12):1056-1064 (1983)].

 
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