supersolar

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adjective

Having features greater than those of the sun.

“The heat of a white dwarf is supersolar.”

OriginEnglish solar ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super →
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Meanings

adjectivesupersolar (comparative more supersolar, superlative most supersolar)

comparative more supersolar · superlative most supersolar

  1. Having features greater than those of the sun.

    The heat of a white dwarf is supersolar.

  2. Above the sun.

    The kingly bard / Must smite the chords rudely and hard, / As with hammer or with mace; / That they may render back / Artful thunder, which conveys / Secrets of the solar track, / Sparks of the supersolar blaze.

    1847, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Merlin. I.”, in Poems, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, →OCLC, pages 180–181

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishsolar
  8. Englishsupersolar

From super- + solar.

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APA

supersolar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supersolar

MLA

“supersolar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supersolar. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supersolar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supersolar.

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