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Webster 1913 Edition

Solar

So′lar

,
Noun.
[OE.
soler
, AS.
solere
, L.
solarium
, from
sol
the sun. See
Solar
,
Adj.
]
A loft or upper chamber; a garret room.
[Obs.]
[Written also
soler
,
solere
,
sollar
.]
Oxf. Gloss.

So′lar

,
Adj.
[L.
solaris
, fr.
sol
the sun; akin to As.
sōl
, Icel.
sōl
, Goth.
sauil
, Lith.
saule
, W.
haul
,.
sul
, Skr.
svar
, perhaps to E.
sun
:F.
solaire
. Cf.
Parasol
.
Sun
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun;
as, the
solar
system;
solar
light;
solar
rays;
solar
influence
. See
Solar system
, below.
2.
(Astrol.)
Born under the predominant influence of the sun.
[Obs.]
And proud beside, as
solar
people are.
Dryden.
3.
Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic;
as, the
solar
year
.
4.
Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.
They denominate some herbs
solar
, and some lunar.
Bacon.
Solar cycle
.
See under
Cycle
.
–
Solar day
.
See
Day
, 2.
–
Solar engine
,
an engine in which the energy of solar heat is used to produce motion, as in evaporating water for a steam engine, or expanding air for an air engine.
–
Solar flowers
(Bot.)
,
flowers which open and shut daily at certain hours.
–
Solar lamp
,
an argand lamp.
–
Solar microscope
,
a microscope consisting essentially, first, of a mirror for reflecting a beam of sunlight through the tube, which sometimes is fixed in a window shutter; secondly, of a condenser, or large lens, for converging the beam upon the object; and, thirdly, of a small lens, or magnifier, for throwing an enlarged image of the object at its focus upon a screen in a dark room or in a darkened box.

–
Solar month
.
See under
Month
.
–
Solar oil
,
a paraffin oil used an illuminant and lubricant.
–
Solar phosphori
(Physics)
,
certain substances, as the diamond, siulphide of barium (Bolognese or Bologna phosphorus), calcium sulphide, etc., which become phosphorescent, and shine in the dark, after exposure to sunlight or other intense light.
–
Solar plexus
(Anat.)
,
a nervous plexus situated in the dorsal and anterior part of the abdomen, consisting of several sympathetic ganglia with connecting and radiating nerve fibers; – so called in allusion to the radiating nerve fibers.
–
Solar spots
.
See
Sun spots
, under
Sun
.
–
Solar system
(Astron.)
,
the sun, with the group of celestial bodies which, held by its attraction, revolve round it. The system comprises the major planets, with their satellites; the minor planets, or asteroids, and the comets; also, the meteorids, the matter that furnishes the zodiacal light, and the rings of Saturn. The satellites that revolve about the major planets are twenty-two in number, of which the Earth has one (see
Moon
.), Mars two, Jupiter five, Saturn nine, Uranus four, and Neptune one. The asteroids, between Mars and Jupiter, thus far discovered (1900), number about five hundred, the first four of which were found near the beginning of the century, and are called Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta.
The principal elements of the major planets, and of the comets seen at more than one perihelion passage, are exhibited in the following tables: –
I. – Major Planets.
Symbol.
Name.
Mean distance – that of the Earth being unity.
Period in days.
Eccentricity.
Inclination of orbit.
Diameter in miles
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II. – Periodic Comets.
Name.
Greatest distance from sun.
Least distance from sun.
Inclination of orbit.
Perihelion passage.
° ′ 54
Encke’s
3.31
4.10
0.342
12 54
1885.2
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–
Solar telegraph
,
telegraph for signaling by flashes of reflected sunlight.
–
Solar time
.
See
Apparent time
, under
Time
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Solar

SO'LAR

,
Adj.
[L. solaris, for sol, the sun.]
1.
Pertaining to the sun, as the solar system;
2.
Belonging to the sun as solar herbs. [Not used.]
3.
In astrology, born under the predominant influence of the sun; as a solar people.
4.
Measured by the progress of the sun, or by its revolution; as the solar year.

Definition 2024

Solar

Solar

See also: solar, sólar, and sölar

English

Adjective

Solar ‎(not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the Sun (the star Sol).
    • 1906, Filipe Valle, in Arthur Schuster (editor), Transactions of the International Union for Co-operation in Solar Research, Volume I, [Victoria] University [of Manchester] Press, page 115:
      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 […]
    • 2001, John J. Matese et al., "Oort cloud flux due to the Galactic tide", in Mikhail Ya. Marov and Hans Rickman (editors), Collisional Processes in the Solar System, Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN 978-0-7923-6946-2, page 93:
      Values at the Solar location (Merrifield, 1992) are denoted by the subscript ○, and the present epoch is t ≡ 0, […]
    • 2004, M. A. C. Perryman, “Our Galaxy in three-dimensions: the Jeremiah Horrocks Memorial Lecture”, in D.W. Kurtz (editor), Transits of Venus: New Views of the Solar System and Galaxy, Cambridge University Press (2005), ISBN 0-521-84907-1, page 318:
      Here our knowledge is somewhat more certain, especially in the local Solar neighbourhood.
    • 2004, T. V. Kazachevskaya et al., “Measurments[sic] of Solar EUV fluxes on board the ‘CORONAS’ satellites: equipment and main results”, in Alexander V. Stepanov et al. (editors), Multi-Wavelength Investigations of Solar Activity: Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 223, 2004, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-85195-4, page 633:
      Data on absolute values of Solar flux in the wave-range λ < 130nm and in the hydrogen line Lα (λ = 121.6nm) were obtained on-board both CORONAS satellites.

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solar

solar

See also: Solar, sólar, and sölar

English

Adjective

solar ‎(not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as, the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar influence.
  2. (astrology, obsolete) Born under the predominant influence of the sun.
    • Dryden
      and proud beside, as solar people are
  3. Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.
  4. Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.
    • Francis Bacon
      They denominate some herbs solar, and some lunar.
    • 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
      [Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.
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Etymology 2

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 solarium; and Old English solor, salor ‎(“residence, dwelling; hall; palace”), from Proto-Germanic *salaz, *salą ‎(“house, room, hall”). More at sale.

Noun

solar ‎(plural solars)

  1. (obsolete) A loft or upper chamber forming the private accommodation of the head of the household in a medieval hall; a garret room.
Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Adjective

solar m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural solars)

  1. solar

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Galician

Adjective

solar m, f (plural solares)

  1. solar

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German

Etymology

From Latin sōlāris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zoˈlaːɐ̯/

Adjective

solar ‎(not comparable)

  1. solar

Declension

Derived terms

  • Solaranlage
  • Solarauto
  • Solarbranche
  • Solarenergie
  • Solarflugzeug
  • Solarheizung
  • Solarluftschiff
  • Solarium
  • solarisch
  • Solarkollektor
  • Solarkonzern
  • Solarmodul
  • Solarstrom
  • Solartechnik
  • Solarthermie
  • solarthermisch
  • Solarwirtschaft
  • Solarzelle

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.ˈlaɾ/
  • (Brazil)
    • (noun and adjective): IPA(key): /so.ˈlaʁ/
    • (verb): IPA(key): /so.ˈla(ʁ)/

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Latin sōlāris ‎(“solar”), corresponding to sol +‎ -ar.

Adjective

solar m, f ‎(plural solares, comparable)

  1. (astronomy) solar (relating to the Sun)
  2. solar (relating to sunlight or solar energy)
  3. (figuratively) radiant (beaming with vivacity and happiness)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From solo ‎(“ground”) +‎ -ar

Noun

solar m (plural solares)

  1. mansion (large, luxurious house)
Synonyms

Etymology 3

From solo ‎(“solo”) +‎ -ar.

Verb

solar ‎(first-person singular present indicative solo, past participle solado)

  1. (music, intransitive or transitive) to solo (to play a solo)
Conjugation

Etymology 4

From sola ‎(“sole”) +‎ -ar.

Verb

solar ‎(first-person singular present indicative solo, past participle solado)

  1. (sports, transitive) to hit someone with the sole of the shoe
  2. (shoemaking, transitive) to sole (to put a sole on a shoe)
Conjugation

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soˈlar/

Adjective

solar m, n ‎(feminine singular solară, masculine plural solari, feminine and neuter plural solare)

  1. solar

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sòlār m ‎(Cyrillic spelling со̀ла̄р)

  1. bullary worker

Declension

Spanish

Etymology 1

From suelo ‎(“ground”), from Latin solum.

Noun

solar m ‎(plural solares)

  1. house (of a family), noble lineage
  2. (Cuba) tenement house
  3. ground, land

Verb

solar ‎(first-person singular present suelo, first-person singular preterite solé, past participle solado)

  1. to pave
  2. to sole a shoe
Conjugation
  • Rule: o becomes a ue in stressed syllables.
    Conjugation of solar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive solar
gerund solando
past participle masculine feminine
singular solado solada
plural solados soladas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present suelo suelastú
solásvos 		suela solamos soláis suelan
imperfect solaba solabas solaba solábamos solabais solaban
preterite solé solaste soló solamos solasteis solaron
future solaré solarás solará solaremos solaréis solarán
conditional solaría solarías solaría solaríamos solaríais solarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present suele sueles suele solemos soléis suelen
imperfect
(ra)		 solara solaras solara soláramos solarais solaran
imperfect
(se)		 solase solases solase solásemos solaseis solasen
future solare solares solare soláremos solareis solaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative suelatú
solávos 		suele solemos solad suelen
negative no sueles no suele no solemos no soléis no suelen

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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Etymology 2

From Latin sōlāris ‎(“solar”).

Adjective

solar m, f ‎(plural solares)

  1. solar
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Swedish

Noun

solar

  1. indefinite plural of sol

Verb

solar

  1. present tense of sola.

Etymology

From Late Middle English solar, from Latin sōlāris, from sōl ‎(“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ ‎(“sun”).

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