SOLAR APEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does solar apex mean? 

• SOLAR APEX (noun)
  The noun SOLAR APEX has 1 sense:

1. the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars

  Familiarity information: SOLAR APEX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLAR APEX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

apex; apex of the sun's way; solar apex

Hypernyms ("solar apex" is a kind of...):

celestial point (a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere))

Holonyms ("solar apex" is a part of...):

celestial sphere; empyrean; firmament; heavens; sphere; vault of heaven; welkin (the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected)