solar

[soh-ler]

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adjective

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.

noun

Informal. solar energy.

Origin of solar

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin sōlāris, equivalent to sōl sun + -āris -ar¹

solar

[sol-er, soh-ler]

noun

a private or upper chamber in a medieval English house.

Also sollar, soller.

Origin of solar

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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Related Words for solar

cosmic, stellar, empyreal, heliacal

Examples from the Web for solar

Contemporary Examples of solar

The service module also deploys four arrays of solar panels.
To Infinity and Beyond! NASA’s Orion Mission Blasts Off
Matthew R. Francis
December 4, 2014
In essence, they placed a bunch of solar panels in the form of a suspension bridge on top of the lift.
Solar Powered Ski Lift
The Daily Beast
November 24, 2014
The Asteroid Belt in the Solar System has many such gaps, created by the gravity of the Sun and Jupiter.
The Most Stunning View Ever of Planets Being Born
Matthew R. Francis
November 9, 2014
And our gripes about the lack of light in our lives are not without merit — humans truly are solar powered.
Fight Seasonal Affective Disorder With This New Tracker
DailyBurn
November 7, 2014
But the leaves and branches – the canopy it effectively creates -- is made up of solar panels.
Parks and Regeneration
The Daily Beast
November 3, 2014

Historical Examples of solar

For the cross of four equal arms and the solar wheel are also to be met with.
The Non-Christian Cross
John Denham Parsons
That graveled him; he said that she couldn't any more get out of order than the solar sister.
Tom Sawyer Abroad
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Every swarm of meteors in the solar system was carefully plotted.
Pirates of the Gorm
Nat Schachner
I was smart enough to fool all the so-called brains of the Solar System.
Irresistible Weapon
Horace Brown Fyfe
Almost, Mr. Smith forgot people and the solar system and what had been.
Happy Ending
Fredric Brown

British Dictionary definitions for solar

solar

adjective

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

Word Origin for solar

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).

solar in Science

solar

[sō′lər]

Relating to the Sun.
Using or operated by energy from the Sun.
Measured in reference to the Sun.