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solar
/ˈsoʊ.ləɹ/
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What does solar mean?
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun.
- Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.
- Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.
More meanings (6)
adjective
- Employing solar power.
- Alternative letter-case form of solar (“pertaining to the Sun (the star Sol)”).
- (obsolete) Born under the predominant influence of the sun.
noun
- Ellipsis of solar energy.
- A fictional currency used in science fiction.
- (historical) A loft or upper chamber forming the private accommodation of the head of the household in a medieval hall; a garret room.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsoʊ.ləɹ/
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It is sometimes the practice of inexperienced operators to take the plate off the bath and examine the impression by solar light.
He was a risen savior, and to him were finally transferred all the festivals, seasons, symbols, and monograms of former solar deities.
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The Titan, in his death agony, struck his head against the solar vault and shivered the blue dome of jade into fragments.
THE most elaborate structure yet proposed to explain the origin of the solar system is the planetesimal hypothesis by Chamberlin and Moulton.
The stars, too, lie mostly in or around one great plane, as is the case with the members of the solar system.