solum

American  

[soh-luhm] / ˈsoʊ ləm /

noun

sola, plural solums plural

1. the upper part of the soil profile, which is influenced by plant roots; the A horizon and the B horizon.

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solum British  

/ ˈsəʊləm /

noun

1. the upper layers of the soil profile, affected by climate and vegetation

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solum Scientific  

/ sō′ləm /

sola plural

1. The upper layers of a soil profile in which soil formation occurs. The A and B horizons in an ABC soil are part of the solum.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sola
  plural
• solums
  plural

Etymology

Origin of solum

1820–30; < Latin: base, bottom; see sole ²

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

solum sola

A solum female, lookin sumwhat like a last year's beanpole stuck into a long meal bag, cum in axed me was I athurst and did I hunger? to which I urbanely anserd "a few."

From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters by Ward, Artemus

We enjoy the company and conversation at his table; and his suppers, like Plato's, 'non solum in præsentia, sed etiam postero die jucundæ sunt.'

From Poems by Rogers, Samuel

In this he was but following his great teacher Albertus Magnus, who insisted that in natural philosophy experiment alone brought sure knowledge; "Experimentum solum certificat in talibus." are his own words.

From Education: How Old The New by Walsh, James J.

Hoc solum scio quod nihil scio    I know it? so say many    Now yow say somewhat.s. euen when yow will; now       yow begynne to conceyue I begynne to say.

From Bacon is Shake-Speare by Durning-Lawrence, Sir Edwin

For you and our people, however, I shall show why I used the word "sola"—even though in Romans 3 it wasn't "sola" I used but "solum" or "tantum".

From An Open Letter on Translating by Mann, Gary

It appears as though Kendall Jenner will be perreando sola for now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2023

Take her recipe for a console table arrangement: Start with a trough from Restoration Hardware, add moss and top with sola wood succulents from Etsy.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

The company now has sola in a study to see if it can prevent the disease in at-risk patients.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 16, 2018

Protestants generally abide by the sola fide principle, which proclaims that God-dispensed faith alone will get you into heaven.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2016

From my seat on the sola, I can feel Anna flinch.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins