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solar | renewable |

As a verb solar

is .

As an adjective renewable is

able to be renewed; capable of renewal.

As a noun renewable is

a thing that is ; especially , a renewable source of energy.

solar

English

Etymology 1

From Late (etyl) solar, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(-)
  • 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
    • and proud beside, as solar people are
  • 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
    • They denominate some herbs solar , and some lunar.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= 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
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    See also
    * day

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) solar, soler; from a conflation of (etyl) soler, . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A loft or upper chamber forming the private accommodation of the head of the household in a medieval hall; a garret room.

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    renewable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be renewed; capable of renewal.
  • (of a resource) Sustainable; able to be regrown or renewed; having an ongoing or continuous source of supply; not finite.
    • Solar and wind power are renewable , but coal is not.

    Antonyms

    * non-renewable

    Derived terms

    * renewability

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thing that is ; especially , a renewable source of energy.