solar
1of 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.
Informal. solar energy.
Origin of solar
1Other definitions for solar (2 of 2)
a private or upper chamber in a medieval English house.
Origin of solar
2- Also sollar, soller .
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How to use solar in a sentence
The Solars, he tells us, abstained at first from flesh, because they thought it cruel to kill animals.
So, probably, the Sirians far exceed the Solars in intrinsic brightness.
Astronomy | David ToddThese stars are somewhat yellowish in tinge like the sun, and from this similarity of spectra they are called "solars."
Astronomy | David ToddArcturus and Capella are "solars," and on the whole the solars are rather less numerous than the Sirians.
Astronomy | David Todd
British Dictionary definitions for solar
/ (ˈsəʊlə) /
of or relating to the sun: solar eclipse
operating by or utilizing the energy of the sun: solar cell
astronomy determined from the motion of the earth relative to the sun: solar year
astrology subject to the influence of the sun
Origin of solar
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for solar
[ sō′lər ]
Relating to the Sun.
Using or operated by energy from the Sun.
Measured in reference to the Sun.
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