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solar

so·lar

UK/ˈsəʊ.lə/ US/ˈsoʊ.ləɹ/ common

adjective

1.

relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun

  • “solar eclipse”
  • “solar energy”

Origin

From Middle English solar, soler; from a conflation of Old English soler, solere (“raised platform; loft, upper room, upper part of a house, soler”), from Latin sōlārium; and Old English solor, salor (“residence, dwelling; hall; palace”), from Proto-West Germanic *salaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *salaz, *salą (“house, room, hall”). More at sale.

Phrases

  • active solar
  • local solar time
  • mean solar time
  • solar apex
  • solar array
  • solar barge
  • solar barque
  • solar battery

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