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solar |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Solar \So"lar\, n. [OE. soler, AS solere, L. solarium, from sol the sun. See {Solar}, a.] A loft or upper chamber; a garret room [Obs.] [Written also {soler}, {solere}, {sollar}.] --Oxf. Gloss. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Solar \So"lar\, a. [L. solaris, fr sol the sun; akin to As s[=o]l, Icel. s[=o]l, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: solar adj : relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun; "solar eclipse"; "solar energy"
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