solum

American  

[soh-luhm] / ˈsoʊ ləm /

noun

plural

sola, solums

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 /

plural

sola

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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Etymology

Origin of solum

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

Example Sentences

The classic doctrine, derived from ancient Roman law, is cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelum�"who owns the land owns even to the skies."

From Time Magazine Archive

Ego autem, dum me ambitio, dum honores, dum causæ, dum reipublicæ non solum cura, sed quædam etiam procuratio multis officiis implicatum et constrictum tenebat, hæc inclusa habebam; et, ne obsolescerent, renovabam, quum licebat, legendo.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John

“Quum eos auctores,” says Mehus, “ex vetustissimis codicibus exscriberet, qui suo potissimum consilio, aliorum vero operâ inventi sunt, non solum mendis, quibus obsiti erant, expurgavit, sed etiam distinxit, capitibusque locupletavit557.”

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John

Arter him come Seth—long and thin and solum, with a habit of croonin’ to hisself.

From Tales from the Veld by Glanville, Ernest

Cum corpus hominis aut cujuslibet alterius animalis sit quoddam totum naturale, dicit unum ex eo quod unam formam habeat qua perficitur non solum secundum aggregationem aut compositionem, ut accidit in domo et in aliis hujusmodi.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter