solar system
noun
the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it.
solar systems
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pluralof solar system.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That is the highest since 2012, and pushed the total number of solar systems to over two million.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
That means solar systems whose chemistry is very different from ours may be poor candidates in the search for life.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026
"It's a stepping stone to Mars, where we might have the most likelihood of finding evidence of past life, but it's also a Rosetta Stone for how other solar systems form."
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
That includes $200 million to the California Public Utilities Commission for community solar systems, which would offer 20% monthly discounts on electricity bills to participating households primarily including lower- and middle-income families, state officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
Space cannot even properly be said to be expanding because, as the physicist and Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg notes, "solar systems and galaxies are not expanding, and space itself is not expanding."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
