/ˈsoʊlə(ɹ)/, /ˈsolɑ(ɾ)/
OriginFrom Late Middle English solar, from Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
- not-comparableOf or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun.
“solar light”
“solar rays”
“solar influence”
- not-comparable, obsoleteBorn under the predominant influence of the sun.
“and proud beside, as solar people are”
- not-comparableMeasured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.
- not-comparableProduced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.
“They denominate some herbs solar, and some lunar.”
“Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid.”
- not-comparableEmploying solar power.
- alt-of, not-comparableAlternative letter-case form of solar (“pertaining to the Sun (the star Sol)”).
“We have not yet the instruments that we want for that work, but I have asked for a Solar spectrograph, and I am already in the preliminary talkings to order a spectroheliograph […]”
“Values at the Solar location (Merrifield, 1992) are denoted by the subscript ○, and the present epoch is t ≡ 0, […]”
“Here our knowledge is somewhat more certain, especially in the local Solar neighbourhood.”
- abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountableEllipsis of solar energy.
“He’s a player in robots and solar, cryptocurrency and climate, brain-computer implants to stave off the menace of artificial intelligence and underground tunnels to move people and freight at super sp”
- uncountableA fictional currency used in science fiction.
- historicalA loft or upper chamber forming the private accommodation of the head of the household in a medieval hall; a garret room.
Formssolars(plural)