solar : Idioms & Phrases

• noun time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
  twenty-four hours; mean solar day; twenty-four hour period; day; 24-hour interval.
  
  • two days later they left
  • they put on two performances every day
  • there are 30,000 passengers per day

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• (Astron.), the mean or average of all the apparent solar days of the year.

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• noun (astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator)
  mean time.
  

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• noun the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
  apex; apex of the sun's way.
  

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• noun electrical device consisting of a large array of connected solar cells
  solar array; solar battery.
  

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• noun electrical device consisting of a large array of connected solar cells
  solar array; solar battery.
  

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• noun a calendar based on solar cycles
  

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• noun a cell that converts solar energy into electrical energy
  photovoltaic cell.
  

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• noun a concave mirror that concentrates the rays of the sun; can produce high temperatures
  solar collector; solar dish.
  

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• noun the rate at which radiant solar energy is received at the outer layer of the earth's atmosphere
  

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• . See under Cycle.

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• noun time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
  twenty-four hours; mean solar day; twenty-four hour period; day; 24-hour interval.
  
  • two days later they left
  • they put on two performances every day
  • there are 30,000 passengers per day

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• . See Day, 2.

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• noun a concave mirror that concentrates the rays of the sun; can produce high temperatures
  solar collector; solar dish.
  

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• noun the moon interrupts light from the sun
  

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• noun energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy
  solar energy.
  
  • the amount of energy falling on the earth is given by the solar constant, but very little use has been made of solar energy

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• 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.

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• noun a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference
  flare.
  

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• (Bot.), flowers which open and shut daily at certain hours.

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• noun a concave mirror that concentrates the rays of the sun; can produce high temperatures
  solar collector; solar dish.
  

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• noun the gravity of the sun
  
  • solar gravity creates extreme pressures and temperatures

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• noun a luminous halo parallel to the horizon at the altitude of the sun; caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere
  parhelic ring; parhelic circle.
  

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• noun a heater that makes direct use of solar energy
  

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• noun a house designed to use solar radiation for heating; usually has large areas of glass in front of heat-absorbing materials
  

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• an argand lamp.

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• noun the magnetic field of the sun
  

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• 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.

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• noun one-twelfth of a solar or tropical year
  

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• . See under Month.

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• a paraffin oil used an illuminant and lubricant.

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• noun electrical device consisting of a large array of connected solar cells
  solar array; solar battery.
  

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• noun the angle subtended by the mean equatorial radius of the Earth at a distance of one astronomical unit
  

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• (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.

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• noun the branch of astronomy that deals with the sun
  

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• noun a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach
  plexus celiacus; abdominal nerve plexus; coeliac plexus.
  

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• (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.

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• noun energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy
  solar energy.
  
  • the amount of energy falling on the earth is given by the solar constant, but very little use has been made of solar energy

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• noun large eruptions of luminous hydrogen gas that rise thousands of kilometers above the chromosphere
  

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• noun radiation from the sun
  

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• . See Sun spots, under Sun.

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• noun the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field
  

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• (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: Symbol.Name.Mean distance that of the Earth being unity.Period in days.Eccentricity.Inclination of orbit.Diameter in miles Name.Greatest distance from sun.Least distance from sun.Inclination of orbit.Perihelion passage.° &min; 54Encke's3.314.100.34212 541885.2

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• telegraph for signaling by flashes of reflected sunlight.

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• noun a telescope designed to make observations of the sun
  

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• noun a system that converts sunlight into heat
  

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• . See Apparent time, under Time.

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• noun a terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold winds
  suntrap.
  

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• noun a stream of protons moving radially from the sun
  

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• noun the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes
  tropical year; astronomical year; equinoctial year.
  

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