SOLAR


Meaning of SOLAR in English

solar 1

/soh"leuhr/ , adj.

1. of or pertaining to the sun: solar phenomena.

2. determined by the sun: solar hour.

3. proceeding from the sun, as light or heat.

4. utilizing, operated by, or depending on solar energy: a solar building; a solar stove.

5. indicating time by means of or with reference to the sun: a solar chronometer.

6. manufacturing or providing solar power: the solar industry.

7. Astrol. subject to the influence of the sun.

n.

8. Informal. See solar energy .

[ 1400-50; late ME solaris, equiv. to sol SUN + -aris -AR 1 ]

solar 2

/sol"euhr, soh"leuhr/ , n.

a private or upper chamber in a medieval English house.

Also, sollar, soller .

[ bef. 900; ME solar, soler soler, OF solier solarium SOLARIUM; cf. OE solor, soler, MD solre loft ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .