/sol'meuh zay"sheuhn, sohl'-/ , n. Music.
the act, process, or system of using certain syllables, esp. the sol-fa syllables, to represent the tones of the scale.
[ 1720-30; solmisation, equiv. to solmis ( er ) ( sol SOL 1 + mi MI + -iser -IZE) + -ation -ATION ]