| flare | (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield |
flare pass
flare | a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines, he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss |
| flare | a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification |
| flare path | an airstrip outline with lights to guide an airplane pilot in landing |
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 |
flare
flash | a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate |
| flare | a sudden outburst of emotion, she felt a flare of delight, she could not control her flare of rage |
| solar eclipse | the moon interrupts light from the sun |
outburst
burst
flare-up | a sudden intense happening, an outburst of heavy rain, a burst of lightning |
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 |
| flare star | a red dwarf star in which luminosity can change several magnitudes in a few minutes |
| solar system | the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field |
| flare | am unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection) |
| 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 |
| flare | a sudden burst of flame |
flare
flair | a shape that spreads outward, the skirt had a wide flare |
| flare | a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms, a colitis flare, infection can cause a lupus flare |
| flare | reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation |
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 |
flare out
flare | become flared and widen, usually at one end, The bellbottom pants flare out |
erupt irrupt flare up
flare break open
burst out | erupt or intensify suddenly, Unrest erupted in the country, Tempers flared at the meeting, The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism |
flare
flame up
blaze up
burn up | burn brightly, Every star seemed to flare with new intensity |
| flare flame | shine with a sudden light, The night sky flared with the massive bombardment |
| flare up | ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down, the fire flared up and died down once again |
| solar | relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun, solar eclipse, solar energy |