solar1
[soh-ler]
- of or relating to the sun: solar phenomena.
- determined by the sun: solar hour.
- proceeding from the sun, as light or heat.
- utilizing, operated by, or depending on solar energy: a solar building; a solar stove.
- indicating time by means of or with reference to the sun: a solar chronometer.
- manufacturing or providing solar power: the solar industry.
- Astrology. subject to the influence of the sun.
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- Informal. solar energy.
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Origin of solar1
solar2
[sol-er, soh-ler]
- a private or upper chamber in a medieval English house.
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Also sollar, soller.
Origin of solar2
before 900; Middle English solar, soler < Anglo-French soler, Old French solier < Latin sōlārium solarium; compare Old English solor, soler, Middle Dutch solre loft < Latin
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Contemporary Examples
The service module also deploys four arrays of solar panels.
In essence, they placed a bunch of solar panels in the form of a suspension bridge on top of the lift.
The Asteroid Belt in the Solar System has many such gaps, created by the gravity of the Sun and Jupiter.
And our gripes about the lack of light in our lives are not without merit — humans truly are solar powered.
But the leaves and branches – the canopy it effectively creates -- is made up of solar panels.
Historical Examples
For the cross of four equal arms and the solar wheel are also to be met with.
The Non-Christian CrossJohn Denham Parsons
That graveled him; he said that she couldn't any more get out of order than the solar sister.
Tom Sawyer AbroadMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Every swarm of meteors in the solar system was carefully plotted.
Pirates of the GormNat Schachner
I was smart enough to fool all the so-called brains of the Solar System.
Irresistible WeaponHorace Brown Fyfe
Almost, Mr. Smith forgot people and the solar system and what had been.
Happy EndingFredric Brown
solar
- of or relating to the sunsolar eclipse
- operating by or utilizing the energy of the sunsolar cell
- astronomy determined from the motion of the earth relative to the sunsolar year
- astrology subject to the influence of the sun
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Word Origin
C15: from Latin sōlāris, from sōl the sun
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Word Origin and History for solar
adj.
mid-15c., "pertaining to the sun," from Latin solaris "of the sun," from sol "sun" (see sol). Meaning "living room on an upper story" is from Old English, from Latin solarium (see solarium).
Astrological sense from 1620s. Meaning "operated by means of the sun" is from 1740; solar power is attested from 1915, solar cell from 1955, solar panel from 1964. Solar system is attested from c.1704; solar wind is from 1958. Solar plexus (1771) "complex of nerves in the pit of the stomach," apparently so called from its central position in the body (cf. plexus).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
solar
[sō′lər]
- Relating to the Sun.
- Using or operated by energy from the Sun.
- Measured in reference to the Sun.
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