Meanings
adjectiveextrasolar (not comparable)
alternative extra-solar
- not comparableastronomyof or originating outside the Solar System.
Some comets are thought to have an extrasolar origin.
- not comparableastrophysicsof or originating in a system other than Earth's, the solar system.
A four-inch telescope was once used to find an extrasolar planet.
1 more example
Of course, no one has any idea whether the extrasolar life is anything more than a few trillion microbes.
1993, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 78
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
- Proto-Italic*eksteros
- Latinexter
- Latinextrā
- Englishextra-
- Proto-Indo-European*sóh₂wl̥
- Latinsōl
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinsōlāris
- Middle Englishsolar
- Englishsolar
- Englishextrasolar
Translations
Esperanto ekstersunsistema, ekstersuna
- ekstersunsistemaoriginating outside the Solar System
- ekstersunaoriginating outside the Solar System
French extra-solaire, extrasolaire
- extra-solaireoriginating outside the Solar System
- extrasolaireoriginating outside the Solar System
- extra-solaireoriginating in a solar system other than ours
- extrasolaireoriginating in a solar system other than ours
German extrasolar, extrasolar
- extrasolaroriginating outside the Solar System
- extrasolaroriginating in a solar system other than ours
Irish eachtarghréine, eachtarghréine
- eachtarghréineoriginating outside the Solar System
- eachtarghréineoriginating in a solar system other than ours
Polish pozasłoneczny, pozasłoneczny
- pozasłonecznyoriginating outside the Solar System
- pozasłonecznyoriginating in a solar system other than ours
Romanian extrasolar
- extrasolaroriginating outside the Solar System
Spanish extrasolar, extrasolar
- extrasolaroriginating outside the Solar System
- extrasolaroriginating in a solar system other than ours
Cite this entry
APA
extrasolar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrasolar
MLA
“extrasolar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrasolar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extrasolar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrasolar.
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