Meanings
solar system1
proper nounthe solar system
- Alternative letter-case form of Solar System; the Sun and all the objects in orbit around it.
nounsolar system (plural solar systems)
plural solar systems
- Any orbital system of at least one fusor and other heavenly bodies, like planets and other objects.
The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.
1980, Carl Sagan, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage2 more examples
1992, J. Laskar, page 31 in, Sylvio Ferraz-Mello (editor), "Chaos, resonance, and collective dynamical phenomena in the solar system", International Astronomical Union Symposium, I would like to stress out that the meaning of unstable for our solar system is very different than for another solar system.
Every satellite has turned out to differ in some significant feature from its neighbor: "[…]the sense of novelty would probably not have been greater if we had explored a different solar system".
2001, Stuart Ross Taylor, Solar system evolution: a new perspective, 2nd edition, page xiiiSynonyms: planetary system
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of solar power system (“electric power system that supplies usable solar power by means of photovoltaics”).
Almost half of all U.S. households are unable to host a rooftop solar system because they rent or have inadequate roof space.
2022 April 19 (last accessed), “Planning a Home Solar Electric System”, in Energy.gov, U.S. Department of Energy
Solar System2
proper nounthe Solar System
alternative Solar system · alternative solar system
- astronomyThe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it, including the eight planets, their moons, the asteroids, and comets.
Holonyms: Orion Arm < Milky Way < Local Group < Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe
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Meronyms: (planets) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune; (selected major planetoids) Pluto, Ceres; (selected regions) inner Solar System, asteroid belt, outer Solar System; more at Thesaurus:Solar System
This morning we are celebrating a beginning. A beginning of what we think is great promise. It's the opening of a new era in the history of manned space flight. We are ready to take that first great step out into the Solar System and onto the surface of the nearest of the many mysterious worlds that surround us in Space.
November 2, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson, 5:32 from the start, in The President: November 1968. MP902 (1280x720), Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and MuseumSynonyms: solar system, Sol System, Sol system
Solar system3
proper nounthe Solar system
- Alternative letter-case form of Solar System.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny orbital system of at least one fusor and other heavenly bodies, like planets and other objects.
Similar
proper nounThe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it, including the eight planets, their moons, the asteroids, and comets.
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Translations
Afrikaans Sonnestelsel
- Sonnestelselthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Arabic منظومة شمسية, مَنْظُومَة شَمْسِيَّة
- منظومة شمسيةany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- مَنْظُومَة شَمْسِيَّة (manẓūma šamsiyya)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
- مَجْمُوعَة شَمْسِيَّة (majmūʕa šamsiyya)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
- نِظَام شَمْسِيّ (niẓām šamsiyy)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Basque eguzki-sistema
- eguzki-sistemathe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Bengali সৌরজগৎ
- সৌরজগৎ (śōurjogoto)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Bulgarian Слъ́нчева систе́ма
- Слъ́нчева систе́ма (Slắnčeva sistéma)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Catalan sistema solar, sistema solar
- sistema solarany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- sistema solarthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Chinese Cantonese 太陽系 /太阳系
- 太陽系 /太阳系 (taai³ joeng⁴ hai⁶)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Chinese Mandarin 太陽系 /太阳系, 太陽系 /太阳系
- 太陽系 /太阳系 (tàiyángxì)any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- 太陽系 /太阳系 (Tàiyángxì)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Czech sluneční soustava
- sluneční soustavathe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Danish solsystem, solsystem
- solsystemany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- solsystemthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Dutch zonnestelsel, zonnestelsel
- zonnestelselany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- zonnestelselthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Esperanto sunsistemo
- sunsistemothe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Estonian Päikesesüsteem
- Päikesesüsteemthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Finnish aurinkokunta, Aurinkokunta
- aurinkokuntaany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- Aurinkokuntathe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
French système solaire, système solaire
- système solaireany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- système solairethe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
German Sonnensystem, Sonnensystem
- Sonnensystemany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- Sonnensystemthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Greek ηλιακό σύστημα, ηλιακό σύστημα
- ηλιακό σύστημα (iliakó sýstima)any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- ηλιακό σύστημα (iliakó sýstima)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Hebrew מַעֲרֶכֶת הַשֶׁמֶשׁ
- מַעֲרֶכֶת הַשֶׁמֶשׁ (ma'arékhet ha-shémesh)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Hindi सौरमंडल, सूर्यमंडल
- सौरमंडल (saurmaṇḍal)any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- सूर्यमंडल (sūryamaṇḍal)any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- सूरज-मण्डली (sūraj-maṇḍalī)any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- सौरमंडल (saurmaṇḍal)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
- सूर्यमंडल (sūryamaṇḍal)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Hungarian naprendszer, Naprendszer
- naprendszerany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- Naprendszerthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Icelandic sólkerfi, sólkerfi
- sólkerfiany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- sólkerfithe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Indonesian Tata Surya
- Tata Suryathe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Irish grianchóras, an Grianchóras
- grianchórasany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- an Grianchórasthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Italian sistema solare, sistema solare
- sistema solareany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- sistema solarethe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Japanese 太陽系, 太陽系
- 太陽系 (taiyōkei)any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- 太陽系 (Taiyōkei)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Korean 태양계
- 태양계 (Taeyanggye)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Latvian saules sistēma
- saules sistēmathe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Lithuanian Saulės sistema
- Saulės sistemathe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Malay sistem suria, sistem suria
- sistem suriaany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- sistem suriathe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Māori whānau a Tamanuiterā
- whānau a Tamanuiterāthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Norwegian Bokmål solsystem, solsystem
- solsystemany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- solsystemthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Polish układ słoneczny, Układ Słoneczny
- układ słonecznyany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- Układ Słonecznythe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
- System Słonecznythe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Portuguese sistema solar, sistema solar
- sistema solarany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- sistema solarthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Romanian sistem solar, sistem solar
- sistem solarany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- sistem solarthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Russian со́лнечная систе́ма, Со́лнечная систе́ма
- со́лнечная систе́ма (sólnečnaja sistéma)any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- Со́лнечная систе́ма (Sólnečnaja sistéma)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Slovak slnečná sústava
- slnečná sústavathe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Spanish sistema solar, sistema solar
- sistema solarany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- sistema solarthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Swedish solsystem, solsystem
- solsystemany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- solsystemthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Tagalog kaayusang-tala, Sistemang Solar
- kaayusang-talaany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- Sistemang Solarthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
- Kaayusang Adlawthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
- Kabuntalaang Adlawthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Tamil சூரியக் குடும்பம், சூரியக் குடும்பம்
- சூரியக் குடும்பம் (cūriyak kuṭumpam)any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- சூரியக் குடும்பம் (cūriyak kuṭumpam)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
- கதிரவ அமைப்பு (katirava amaippu)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Thai ระบบสุริยะ
- ระบบสุริยะ (rá-bòp-sù-rí-yá)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Turkish güneş sistemi, Güneş Sistemi
- güneş sistemiany collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
- Güneş Sistemithe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Ukrainian Со́нячна систе́ма
- Со́нячна систе́ма (Sónjačna systéma)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Urdu نِظامِ شَمْسی
- نِظامِ شَمْسی (nizām-i śamsī)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Vietnamese hệ Mặt Trời, Thái Dương hệ
- hệ Mặt Trờithe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
- Thái Dương hệthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Welsh Cysawd yr Haul
- Cysawd yr Haulthe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Yiddish זון־סיסטעם
- זון־סיסטעם (zun-sistem)the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Zulu Uzungezohlelo lweLanga class 1a/1a
- Uzungezohlelo lweLanga class 1a/1athe Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
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Chicago
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