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solar system en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsoʊ.lɚ ˌsɪs.təm/ (US)
  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˈsəʊl.ə ˌsɪs.təm/ (UK)

Meanings

  1. Any orbital system of at least one fusor and other heavenly bodies, like planets and other objects.
    • Every satellite has turned out to differ in some significant feature from its neighbor: "[…]the sense of novelty would probably not have been greater if we had explored a different solar system". 2001, Stuart Ross Taylor, Solar system evolution: a new perspective, 2nd edition, page xiii:
    • 1992, J. Laskar, page 31 in, Sylvio Ferraz-Mello (editor), "Chaos, resonance, and collective dynamical phenomena in the solar system", International Astronomical Union Symposium, I would like to stress out that the meaning of unstable for our solar system is very different than for another solar system.
    • The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources. 1980, Carl Sagan, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of solar power system (“electric power system that supplies usable solar power by means of photovoltaics”).
    • Almost half of all U.S. households are unable to host a rooftop solar system because they rent or have inadequate roof space. 2022 April 19 (last accessed), “Planning a Home Solar Electric System”, in Energy.gov, U.S. Department of Energy:

Forms

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solar systems Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

extrasolar system

Relateds

star system · planetary system · globular cluster

Synonyms

planetary system

Translations (36)

io sunala sistemo (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · ms sistem suria (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · is sólkerfi (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · ga grianchóras (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · ta சூரியக் குடும்பம் (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · pt sistema solar (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · tl kaayusang-tala (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · hi सूर्यमंडल (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · hi सौरमंडल (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · pi suriyātapa (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · el ηλιακό σύστημα (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · it sistema solare (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · km ប្រព័ន្ធព្រះអាទិត្យ (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · sv solsystem (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · as সৌৰজগত (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · ar منظومة شمسية (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · ro sistem solar (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · de Sonnensystem (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · ru со́лнечная систе́ма (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · nb solsystem (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · ka მზის სისტემა (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · cmn 太陽系 /太阳系 (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · fr système solaire (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · fi aurinkokunta (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · ca sistema solar (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · hi सूरज-मण्डली (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · tr güneş sistemi (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · pl układ słoneczny (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · nl zonnestelsel (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · nn solsystem (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · es sistema solar (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · vo solasit (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · hu naprendszer (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · da solsystem (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · ja 太陽系 (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system) · mnw လျးတ္ၚဲ (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system)

wikidata: Q206717

solar system en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsoʊ.lɚ ˌsɪs.təm/ (US)
  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˈsəʊl.ə ˌsɪs.təm/ (UK)

Meanings

  1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of Solar System; the Sun and all the objects in orbit around it.

Forms

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the solar system canonical lexicographic