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name
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of Solar System; the Sun and all the objects in orbit around it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 2
The Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it, including the eight planets, their moons, the asteroids, and comets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
Examples
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 3
Alternative letter-case form of Solar System.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 4
Any orbital system of at least one fusor and other heavenly bodies, like planets and other objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: planetary system
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Ellipsis of solar power system (“electric power system that supplies usable solar power by means of photovoltaics”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: system, scheme
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
153 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Sonnestelsel
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Southern Altai:
Кӱнниҥ системазы
(Künniŋ sistemazï)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Arabic:
مَنْظُومَة شَمْسِيَّة
(manẓūma šamsiyya)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Arabic:
مَجْمُوعَة شَمْسِيَّة
(majmūʕa šamsiyya)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Arabic:
نِظَام شَمْسِيّ
(niẓām šamsiyy)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Armenian:
Արեգակնային համակարգ
(Aregaknayin hamakarg)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Assamese:
সৌৰজগত
(xourzogot)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Azerbaijani:
Günəş sistemi
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Bashkir:
Ҡояш системаһы
(Qoyaş sistemahı)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Basque:
eguzki-sistema
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Belarusian:
Со́нечная сістэ́ма
(Sónječnaja sistéma)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Bengali:
সৌরজগৎ
(śōurjogoto)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Breton:
koskoriad an Heol
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Bulgarian:
Слъ́нчева систе́ма
(Slǎ́nčeva sistéma)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Burmese:
နေအဖွဲ့အစည်း
(nea.hpwai.a.cany:)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Burmese:
နေစကြဝဠာ
(neca.kra.wa.la)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Buryat:
Наранай аймаг
(Naranaj ajmag)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Catalan:
sistema solar
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Chechen:
Маьлхан система
(Mälxan sistema)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Cherokee:
ᏅᏓ ᎠᎴ ᏚᏓᏕᏫᏍᏛ
(nvda ale dudadewisdv)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Chinese Cantonese:
太陽系 /太阳系
(taai3 joeng4 hai6)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Chinese Mandarin:
太陽系 /太阳系
(Tàiyángxì)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Chuvash:
Хӗвел системи
(Hĕvel s̬istemi)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Czech:
sluneční soustava
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Danish:
solsystem
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Dhivehi:
އިރަވީ ނިޒާމު
(iravī nizāmu)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Dutch:
zonnestelsel
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Esperanto:
sunsistemo
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Estonian:
Päikesesüsteem
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Finnish:
Aurinkokunta
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
French:
système solaire
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Galician:
sistema solar
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Georgian:
მზის სისტემა
(mzis sisṭema)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
German:
Sonnensystem
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Greek:
ηλιακό σύστημα
(iliakó sýstima)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Gujarati:
સૂર્યમંડળ
(sūryamaṇḍaḷ)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Haitian Creole:
sistèm solè
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Hebrew:
מַעֲרֶכֶת הַשֶׁמֶשׁ
(ma'arékhet ha-shémesh)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Hindi:
सौरमंडल
(saurmaṇḍal)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Hindi:
सूर्यमंडल
(sūryamaṇḍal)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Hungarian:
Naprendszer
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Icelandic:
sólkerfi
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Ido:
sunala sistemo
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Indonesian:
Tata Surya
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Irish:
an Grianchóras
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Italian:
sistema solare
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Japanese:
太陽系
(Taiyōkei)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Kabuverdianu:
sistema solar
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Kabuverdianu:
sistima solar
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Karachay-Balkar:
Кюн система
(Kün sistema)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Kashmiri:
سِرؠیہِ کرَٛنٛڈُل
(sir'yi kranḍul)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Kashmiri:
سِرؠیہِ مَنٛڈُل
(sir'yi manḍul)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Kazakh:
Күн жүйесі
(Kün jüiesı)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Khmer:
ប្រព័ន្ធព្រះអាទិត្យ
(prɑɑpŏən prĕəh ʼaatɨt)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Korean:
태양계
(Taeyanggye)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Northern Kurdish:
pergala rojê
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Northern Kurdish:
sîstema rojê
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Kyrgyz:
Күн системасы
(Kün sisteması)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Lao:
ລະບົບສຸລິຍະ
(la bop su li nya)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Latvian:
saules sistēma
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Lithuanian:
Saulės sistema
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Macedonian:
со́нчев си́стем
(sónčev sístem)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Macedonian:
Сончев Систем
(Sončev Sistem)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Malay:
sistem suria
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Malayalam:
സൗരയൂഥം
(saurayūthaṁ)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Māori:
whānau a Tamanuiterā
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Mongolian:
Нарны аймаг
(Narny ajmag)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Mongolian:
ᠨᠠᠷᠠᠨ ᠤ᠋ ᠠᠢᠢᠮᠠᠭ
(naran u aiimaɣ)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Navajo:
Yágháhookáán biiʼ hólónígíí
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Norwegian Bokmål:
solsystem
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Norwegian Nynorsk:
solsystem
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Ossetian:
Хуры системӕ
(Xury sistemæ)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Iranian Persian:
مَنْظومِهٔ شَمْسی
(manzume-ye šamsi)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Iranian Persian:
سامانِهٔ خورْشیدی
(sâmâne-ye xoršidi)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Polish:
Układ Słoneczny
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Polish:
System Słoneczny
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Portuguese:
sistema solar
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Romanian:
sistem solar
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Russian:
Со́лнечная систе́ма
(Sólnečnaja sistéma)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Northern Sami:
Beaivvášgoddi
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Serbo-Croatian:
Сунчев систем
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Serbo-Croatian:
Sunčev sistem
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Sindhi:
شَمسِي سِرِشتو
(šamsī sirištow)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Sinhalese:
සෞරග්රහ මණ්ඩලය
(sauragraha maṇḍalaya)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Slovak:
slnečná sústava
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Slovene:
sončni sistem
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Spanish:
sistema solar
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Swedish:
solsystem
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Tagalog:
Sistemang Solar
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Tagalog:
Kaayusang Adlaw
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Tagalog:
Kabuntalaang Adlaw
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Tajik:
Системаи офтобӣ
(Sistema-yi oftobi)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Tajik:
Манзумаи офтобӣ
(Manzuma-yi oftobi)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Tajik:
Манзумаи шамсӣ
(Manzuma-yi šamsi)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Tamil:
சூரியக் குடும்பம்
(cūriyak kuṭumpam)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Tamil:
கதிரவ அமைப்பு
(katirava amaippu)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Tatar:
Кояш системасы
(Qoyaş sisteması)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Telugu:
సౌర కుటుంబం
(saura kuṭumbaṁ)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Thai:
ระบบสุริยะ
(rá-bòp-sù-rí-yá)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Tibetan:
ཉི་མའི་ཁྱིམ་རྒྱུད
(nyi ma'i khyim rgyud)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Tulu:
ಸೌರಮಂಡಲ
(sauramaṇḍala)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Turkish:
Güneş Sistemi
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Turkmen:
Gün ulgamy
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Ukrainian:
Со́нячна систе́ма
(Sónjačna systéma)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Urdu:
نِظامِ شَمْسی
(nizām-i śamsī)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Uyghur:
قۇياش سىستېمىسى
(quyash sistëmisi)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Uzbek:
Quyosh tizimi
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Uzbek:
Quyosh sistemasi
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Vietnamese:
hệ Mặt Trời
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Vietnamese:
Thái Dương hệ
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Volapük:
solasit
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Welsh:
Cysawd yr Haul
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Yakut:
Күн системата
(Kün sistemata)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Yiddish:
זון־סיסטעם
(zun-sistem)
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Yoruba:
Sístẹ̀mù Òòrùn
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Zazaki:
Sistemê Roci
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Zulu:
Uzungezohlelo lweLanga class 1a/1a
— the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
Arabic:
منظومة شمسية
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Assamese:
সৌৰজগত
(xôurôzôgôt)
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Catalan:
sistema solar
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Chinese Mandarin:
太陽系 /太阳系
(tàiyángxì)
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Danish:
solsystem
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Dutch:
zonnestelsel
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Finnish:
aurinkokunta
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
French:
système solaire
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Georgian:
მზის სისტემა
(mzis sisṭema)
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
German:
Sonnensystem
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Greek:
ηλιακό σύστημα
(iliakó sýstima)
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Hindi:
सौरमंडल
(saurmaṇḍal)
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Hindi:
सूर्यमंडल
(sūryamaṇḍal)
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Hindi:
सूरज-मण्डली
(sūraj-maṇḍalī)
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Hungarian:
naprendszer
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Icelandic:
sólkerfi
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Ido:
sunala sistemo
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Irish:
grianchóras
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Italian:
sistema solare
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Japanese:
太陽系
(taiyōkei)
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Khmer:
ប្រព័ន្ធព្រះអាទិត្យ
(prɑpoan preah aatɨt)
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Malay:
sistem suria
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Mon:
လျးတ္ၚဲ
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Norwegian Bokmål:
solsystem
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Norwegian Nynorsk:
solsystem
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Mon:
suriyātapa
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Polish:
układ słoneczny
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Portuguese:
sistema solar
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Romanian:
sistem solar
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Russian:
со́лнечная систе́ма
(sólnečnaja sistéma)
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Spanish:
sistema solar
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Swedish:
solsystem
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Tagalog:
kaayusang-tala
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Tamil:
சூரியக் குடும்பம்
(cūriyak kuṭumpam)
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Turkish:
güneş sistemi
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system
Volapük:
solasit
— any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star — see also planetary system