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noun Astronomy.

flare (def. 22).

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Origin of solar flare

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby solar flare

solar day, solar eclipse, solar elastosis, solar-electric propulsion, solar energy, solar flare, solar furnace, solar ganglion, solar-heat, solar heating, solar house

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How to use solar flare in a sentence

One of the nights the team observed Jupiter — January 25, 2017 — was particularly well-timed because Jupiter was experiencing a strong solar flare at the time.
Jupiter’s intense auroras superheat its upper atmosphere|Sid Perkins|August 16, 2021|Science News
He wasn’t actually suggesting that the Earth’s orbit be shifted but, instead, suggesting that, since climate change is a function of those orbits and solar flares, altering the orbit would be what those agencies need to do to combat climate change.
Rep. Gohmert’s question about the Forest Service changing Earth’s orbit was dumb, but not for the reason you think|Philip Bump|June 9, 2021|Washington Post
In 2018, my colleague Meredith MacGregor discovered flashes of light coming from Proxima Centauri that looked very different from solar flares.
Massive Flare Seen Close to Our Solar System: What It Means for Chances of Alien Neighbors|R. O. Parke Loyd|May 5, 2021|Singularity Hub
Even charged particles emitted by the sun during intense solar flares might do this.
Scientists discover likely source of the moon’s faint yellow tail|Sid Perkins|May 3, 2021|Science News For Students

So the images should have been able to detect any link between the tail’s brightness and changes in the solar wind or solar flares.
Scientists discover likely source of the moon’s faint yellow tail|Sid Perkins|May 3, 2021|Science News For Students
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|DAILY BEAST
Increasingly, as these industries develop, on-site solar and wind is a way of guaranteeing a lower price for electricity.
Solar Powered Ski Lift|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And so there has been a boom in placing solar fields on top of landfills.
Garbage In, Power Out|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
At the end of October, the first landfill solar field in New York State was completed.
Garbage In, Power Out|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is no reason to suppose that his is the only Solar System: there may be many millions of solar systems.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
For aught we know, there may be millions of systems, each containing millions of solar systems.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
Reckoning that Neptune is the outermost planet of the solar system, that system would have a diameter of 5,584 millions of miles.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
The old Negro watched the approaching flare of the head-light as he ran on, with a grim, defiant eye.
A Lost Hero|Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. Ward
His chuckle stopped as lightning flare threw the shadow of a man across the ground at Joseph's feet.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various

British Dictionary definitions for solar flare

solar flare

noun

a brief powerful eruption of particles and intense electromagnetic radiation from the sun's surface, associated with sunspots and causing disturbances to radio communication on earthSometimes shortened to: flare See also solar wind

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Scientific definitions for solar flare

solar flare

A sudden eruption of hydrogen gas in the chromosphere of the Sun, usually associated with sunspots. Solar flares may last between several hours and several days, and have temperatures ranging from 20 to 100 million degrees K. The energy of a solar flare, which consists primarily of charged particles and x-rays, is comparable to tens of millions of hydrogen bombs, but is less than one-tenth the total energy emitted by the Sun every second. First observed in 1859, solar flares dramatically affect the Sun's weather and the solar wind, and are correlated with the appearance of auroras on the Earth. See also prominence.

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