Solar Meaning
/ˈsəʊ.lə/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun.
adjBorn under the predominant influence of the sun.
Sentence Examples
Engineers are crazy about solar energy.
Neptune is the eighth planet of the solar system.
The house is equipped with solar panels on the roof.
CEFR Practice Quiz
They installed ____ panels on their roof to save on energy costs.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Many homeowners are installing ____ panels on their roofs to generate clean, renewable energy.
Word Origin & History
From Late Middle English solar, from Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"and proud beside, as solar people are"
— 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Cock and the Fox: Or, The Tale of the Nun’s Priest, from Chaucer”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
"They denominate some herbs solar, and some lunar."
— 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
"Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid."
— 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2023:
"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 speeds."
— December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2021:
"Here our knowledge is somewhat more certain, especially in the local Solar neighbourhood."
— 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, published 2005, →ISBN, page 318:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
They installed ____ panels on their roof to save on energy costs.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Many homeowners are installing ____ panels on their roofs to generate clean, renewable energy.