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solar system

noun

  1. planetary system of a star
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proper noun

  1. the planetary system of the Sun, including Earth
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊl.ə ˌsɪs.təm/ / /ˈsoʊ.lɚ ˌsɪs.təm/

name

  1. The Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it, including the eight planets, their moons, the asteroids, and comets.

    “Holonyms: Orion Arm < Milky Way < Local Group < Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe”

    “Meronyms: (planets) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune; (selected major planetoids) Pluto, Ceres; (selected regions) inner Solar System, asteroid belt, outer Solar System; more at Thesaurus:Solar System”

noun

  1. Any orbital system of at least one fusor and other heavenly bodies, like planets and other objects.

    “The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.”

    “1992, J. Laskar, page 31 in, Sylvio Ferraz-Mello (editor), "Chaos, resonance, and collective dynamical phenomena in the solar system", International Astronomical Union Symposium, I would like to stress out that the meaning of unstable for our solar system is very different than for another solar system.”

  2. Ellipsis of solar power system (“electric power system that supplies usable solar power by means of photovoltaics”).

    “Almost half of all U.S. households are unable to host a rooftop solar system because they rent or have inadequate roof space.”