Solar
['səʊlə] or ['solɚ]
Definition
(adj.) relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun; 'solar eclipse'; 'solar energy' .
Checked by Gardner--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) A loft or upper chamber; a garret room.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as, the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar influence. See Solar system, below.
(a.) Born under the predominant influence of the sun.
(a.) Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.
(a.) Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.
Checker: Rene
Definition
adj. pertaining to the sun: measured by the progress of the sun: produced by the sun.—n. Sōlarisā′tion exposure to the action of the sun's rays: the effect in photography of over-exposure.—v.t. Sō′larise to injure by exposing too long to the sun's light in a camera.—v.i. to take injury by too long exposure to the sun's light in a camera:—pr.p. sō′larīsing; pa.p. sō′larīsed.—ns. Sō′larism excessive use of solar-myths in the explanation of mythology; Sō′larist one addicted to solarism; Sōlā′rium a sun-dial: a place suited to receive the sun's rays—in a hospital or sanatorium; Sō′lar-mī′croscope an apparatus for projecting upon a screen by means of sunlight an enlarged view of any object—essentially the same as the combination of lenses used in the magic-lantern taken in conjunction with a heliostat; Sō′lar-myth a myth allegorising the course of the sun by some mythologists constantly invoked to explain the problems of mythology; Sō′lar-print a photographic print made in a solar camera from a negative; Sō′lar-sys′tem the planets and comets which circle round the sun—also called Planetary-system.—Solar flowers flowers which open and shut daily at certain hours; Solar spots,=Sun-spots (see Sun); Solar time (see Time); Solar year (see Year)."
Typist: Wilhelmina
Examples
- Professors Kirchhoff and Bunsen map Solar Spectrum, and establish Spectrum Analysis. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Has the theory of the solar system been advanced by graceful manners and conversational tact? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- What assurance that I might not as well be hurtled to some far-distant star of another solar system, as to Mars? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- But it was left to John Ericsson, that great Swedish inventor, going to England in 1826 with his brain full of ideas as to steam and solar engines, to first perfect the screw-propeller. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The _Spectroscope_ is an instrument by which the colours of the solar rays are separated and viewed, as well as those of other incandescent bodies. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It was expected that the well known yellow line of sodium would come out in the solar spectrum, but it was just the opposite that took place. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Science then also revived, and Copernicus, the Pole, gave us the true theory of the solar system. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Kirchoff happened to let a solar ray pass through a flame coloured with sodium, and through a prism, so that the spectrum of the sun and the flame fell one upon another. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The fashionable world--tremendous orb, nearly five miles round--is in full swing, and the solar system works respectfully at its appointed distances. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The Newtonian solar system, which expressed the reign of natural law, was a scene of wonderful harmony, where every force balanced with every other. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the principle of a solar eclipse. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- However, he aroused great interest in astro nomy among the Greeks by the prediction of a solar eclipse. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- There's nothing solar about legs of beef and mutton. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And as to the microscope, Dr. Lieberkulm, of Berlin, in 1740, made the first successful solar microscope. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But with agriculture began the difficult task of squaring the lunar month with the solar year; a task which has left its scars on our calendar to-day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Wilhelmina