yestersol

English

Etymology

From yester- +‎ sol (“Martian day”), by analogy with yesterday.

Adverb

yestersol (not comparable)

1. On the sol (Martian day) before the present one.
   • 2001, Mary Turzillo, “Mars is No Place for Children”, in Robert Silverberg, editor, Nebula Awards Showcase 2001: The Year's Best SF and Fantasy Chosen by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 61:

     But yestersol he took Mother into the old middle-pressure greenhouse (the little one they built when they first arrived here) and got her involved in a long discussion.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:yestersol.

Noun

yestersol (plural yestersols)

1. The sol (Martian day) before the present one.
   • 2003 December 19, Sue Vorenberg, “Mars Central”, in Albuquerque Tribune:

     "We'll basically be waking up in the Mars morning, which will be 47 minutes later each day, and uploading our commands from 'yestersol,'" he said.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:yestersol.

See also

• tosol

Anagrams

• Tyroleses