sole

adj 1: not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use

of the machine"; "sole rights of publication" [syn: {exclusive},

{sole(a)}]

2: being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the

lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an

only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a

solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the

sky" [syn: {lone(a)}, {lonesome(a)}, {only(a)}, {sole(a)},

{solitary(a)}]

n 1: the underside of footwear or a golfclub

2: lean flesh of any of several flatfish [syn: {fillet of sole}]

3: the underside of the foot

4: right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in

warm seas esp. European

v : put a new sole on; "sole the shoes" [syn: {resole}]

hole

The absence of an {electron} in a

{semiconductor} material. In the {electron model}, a hole can

be thought of as an incomplete outer electron shell in a

doping substance. Holes can also be thought of as positive

charge carriers; while this is in a sense a fiction, it is a

useful abstraction.

(1995-10-06)