SOLAR PANEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does solar panel mean? 

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

1. electrical device consisting of a large array of connected solar cells

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLAR PANEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Electrical device consisting of a large array of connected solar cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

solar array; solar battery; solar panel

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

electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)

Meronyms (parts of "solar panel"):

photovoltaic cell; solar cell (a cell that converts solar energy into electrical energy)

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

artificial satellite; orbiter; satellite (man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon)

 Context examples 

Sunflowers, like solar panel arrays, follow the sun from east to west. The researchers tapped into information in the sunflower genome to understand how and why sunflowers track the sun.

(Sunflowers move from east to west, and back, by the clock, NSF)