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There is a whole bunch of other things we can deal with -- solar, wind, you name it.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or proceeding from the sun: solar rays; solar physics.
  2. adjective Using or operated by energy derived from the sun: a solar heating system.
  3. adjective Determined or measured in reference to the sun: the solar year.

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  • They used what is known as a solar microscope and threw on a screen, suitably enlarged, the animalculae which grow in impure water, the larvae of mosquitoes, and other insects, which bear about the same relation to microbes that an elephant does to a flea. —  Musical Memories
  • "I'm getting most awfully hungry," said Tom at last. —  The Adventurous Four
  • At any moment the energies of a million hydrogen bombs might burst forth in the awesome explosion known as a solar flare. —  The Wind from The Sun
  • There is a whole bunch of other things we can deal with -- solar, wind, you name it. —  CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2006
  • Right now, we're in the midst of what we call a solar maximum. —  CNN Transcript - Special Event: Millennium 2000: Weather - January 1, 2000
 

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  1. Middle English, from Latin sōlāris, from sōl, sun; see sāwel- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French solaire = Spanish Portuguese solar = It solare, from Latin solaris, of the sun, solar, from sol, the sun: see sol.
  2. Latin solarium. See sollar.
 

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