technology engineering | the practical application of science to commerce or industry |
automotive technology automotive engineering | the activity of designing and constructing automobiles |
communications technology | the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems |
digital communications technology | the design and construction of communications technology that transmits information in digital form |
computer technology | the activity of designing and constructing and programming computers |
high technology high tech | highly advanced technological development (especially in electronics) |
rail technology railroading | the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT | an engineering university in Cambridge |
solar array solar battery solar panel | electrical device consisting of a large array of connected solar cells |
solar cell photovoltaic cell | a cell that converts solar energy into electrical energy |
solar dish solar collector solar furnace | a concave mirror that concentrates the rays of the sun, can produce high temperatures |
solar heater | a heater that makes direct use of solar energy |
solar house | a house designed to use solar radiation for heating, usually has large areas of glass in front of heat-absorbing materials |
solar telescope | a telescope designed to make observations of the sun |
solar thermal system | a system that converts sunlight into heat |
suntrap solar trap | a terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold winds |
solar plexus coeliac plexus plexus celiacus abdominal nerve plexus | a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach |
solar physics | the branch of astronomy that deals with the sun |
engineering engineering science applied science technology | the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems, he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study |
genetic engineering gene-splicing recombinant DNA technology | the technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together fragments from more than one organism |
information technology IT | the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information |
natural language processing NLP human language technology | the branch of information science that deals with natural language information |
solar eclipse | the moon interrupts light from the sun |
Technology Administration | an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth |
National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST | an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs |
apex solar apex apex of the sun's way | the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars |
solar system | the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field |
solar gravity | the gravity of the sun, solar gravity creates extreme pressures and temperatures |
solar magnetic field | the magnetic field of the sun |
solar halo parhelic circle parhelic ring | a luminous halo parallel to the horizon at the altitude of the sun, caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere |
solar energy solar power | energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy, the amount of energy falling on the earth is given by the solar constant, but very little use has been made of solar energy |
solar radiation | radiation from the sun |
solar flare flare | a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface, associated with sunspots and radio interference |
solar prominence | large eruptions of luminous hydrogen gas that rise thousands of kilometers above the chromosphere |
solar wind | a stream of protons moving radially from the sun |
solar parallax | the angle subtended by the mean equatorial radius of the Earth at a distance of one astronomical unit |
day twenty-four hours twenty-four hour period -hour interval solar day mean solar day | time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis, two days later they left, they put on two performances every day, there are , passengers per day |
mean time mean solar time | (astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator) |
solar calendar | a calendar based on solar cycles |
solar year tropical year astronomical year equinoctial year | the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes |
solar month | one-twelfth of a solar or tropical year |
solar constant | the rate at which radiant solar energy is received at the outer layer of the earth's atmosphere |
solar | relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun, solar eclipse, solar energy |