[soh-ler] 
| 1. | of or pertaining to the sun: solar phenomena. |
| 2. | determined by the sun: solar hour. |
| 3. | proceeding from the sun, as light or heat. |
| 4. | utilizing, operated by, or depending on solar energy: a solar building; a solar stove. |
| 5. | indicating time by means of or with reference to the sun: a solar chronometer. |
| 6. | manufacturing or providing solar power: the solar industry. |
| 7. | Astrology. subject to the influence of the sun. |
| 8. | Informal. solar energy. |
| so·lar (sō'lər) adj.
[Middle English, from Latin sōlāris, from sōl, sun; see sāwel- in Indo-European roots.] |
The energy the Earth receives from the sun, primarily as visible light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation. (See renewable resource.)
Note: The term solar energy often refers to processes that use this energy to generate heat or electricity for human use. (See solar cells.)
solar
in architecture, private room located on the floor above the great hall in a late medieval English manor house. The solar served as a kind of parlour to which the family of the owner of the manor house or castle could retire from the bustling communal living of the hall below. In fact, by the late 14th century the solar was more often called the "retiring room." Up a flight of stairs from the dais, or platform, end of the hall, the solar usually had an adjacent chapel.
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