solar

[Lat. solaris, from sol =the sun; Fr. solaire; Sp. solar; Ital. solare.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sun. 3. Measured by the progre of the sun, or by its apparent revolution. "Ve Adar was an intercalary month, added, some years, unto the other twelve, to make the solar and lunary year agree."-Raleigh: Hist . World , bk. ii., ch. iii. *4. Born under or in the predominant influence of the sun. IMG:content-1697.png:[blocks in formation] Photog.: A camera in which the sun's rays are transmitted through a transparent negative. solar-cycle, s. [CYCLE.] solar-day, 8. [DAY.] solar-eclipse, s. [ECLIPSE, 8.]