solar.
Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun.
Meaning & usage
Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun.
solar light
solar rays
Born under the predominant influence of 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.
Employing solar power.
a solar furnace
Where this word comes from
From Late Middle English solar, from Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
Ellipsis of solar energy.
A fictional currency used in science fiction.
Where this word comes from
From Late Middle English solar, from Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
A loft or upper chamber forming the private accommodation of the head of the household in a medieval hall; a garret room.
Where this word comes from
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.
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