Solar vs Planetary - What's the difference?
solar | planetary | Related terms |
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.
(astronomy) Of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.
* Fuller
Of, or relating to the Earth; terrestrial.
Of, or relating to the whole Earth; global.
(of a gear train) epicyclic
A planetary nebula.
Solar is a related term of planetary.
As a verb solar
is .As an adjective planetary is
(astronomy) of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.As a noun planetary is
a planetary nebula.solar
English
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.}}
Synonyms
* (l)See also
* dayEtymology 2
From (etyl) solar, soler; from a conflation of (etyl) soler, . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)External links
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* ----planetary
English
Adjective
(-)- erratical and planetary life