solar energy
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Noun edit
- Energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation emitted from the Sun; especially that part of this energy that is converted into usable thermal or electrical energy by man.
- 1981 December 6, “Imports planned to meet energy needs”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly][1], volume XXII, number 48, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:
- The Energy Research Institute under the Industrial Technological Research Institute has decided to build the nation’s first solar energy plant at Chutung Township in Hsinchu county.
- 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
- Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
Synonyms edit
- solar power (broadly synonymous despite precise differentiability of energy from power (energy per time unit))
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Coordinate terms edit
- nuclear energy
- water power (broadly coordinate despite precise differentiability of energy from power (energy per time unit))
- wind energy
Translations edit
energy from the sun
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