Heliacal vs Solar - What's the difference?
heliacal | solar |
Of or relating to the Sun, especially rising and setting with the sun.
Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as, the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar influence.
(astrology, obsolete) Born under the predominant influence of the sun.
* Dryden
Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.
Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.
* Francis Bacon
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, title= (obsolete) A loft or upper chamber forming the private accommodation of the head of the household in a medieval hall; a garret room.
As an adjective heliacal
is of or relating to the sun, especially rising and setting with the sun.As a verb solar is
.heliacal
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*solar
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Etymology 1
From Late (etyl) solar, from (etyl) .Adjective
(-)- and proud beside, as solar people are
- They denominate some herbs solar , and some lunar.
Out of the gloom, passage=[Rural solar' plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is ' solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.}}