Solar

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Solar means appertaining to to the Sun, our planet's star. Solar also has other meanings.

Contents 1 Related to energy 1.1 Solar-powered transport 2 Related to astronomy 3 Other

[edit] Related to energy

• Active solar
• Passive solar
  • Passive solar building design
• Solar cell, a device that directly creates electricity from solar energy
• Solar collector
• Solar cooker
• Solar energy, energy from the sun
• Solar forge
• Solar hot water, hot water produced using solar energy
• Solar One, a solar energy project
• Solar water disinfection

[edit] Solar-powered transport

• Solar boat, a boat propelled by direct solar energy
• Solar engine
• Solar sail, a device to move through outer space using light pressure

[edit] Related to astronomy

• Solar calendar, calendars based on the solar year
• Solar cycle, the Sun's 11 year sunspot cycle
• Solar cycle (calendar), the 28 year cycle of the Julian calendar
• Solar eclipse
• Solar flare, eruptions from the surface of the Sun
• Solar glare
• Solar Maximum Mission, a space probe studying our Sun
• Solar Monitoring Observatory (SOLAR), a planned space science observatory for the International Space Station
• Solar physics
• Solar system, our Sun and its planets
• Solar tower
• Solar wind
• Solar year

[edit] Other

• Solar plexus, a nerve bundle
• Solar Pyramid, a sculpture
• SOLAR Records, an US record label
• Solar Wind (comic), a British comic
• Solar Winds, a computer game
• Solar (comics), the comic book character
• "Solar" (composition), a jazz composition attributed to Miles Davis
• Solar (room), the room used in medieval times for solitary activity
• USS Solar, a World War II ship named in honor of BM1 Adolfo Solar
• Xul Solar, the adopted name of Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solari