solar panel

noun

: a battery of solar cells (as on a rooftop)

Examples of solar panel in a Sentence

All of the house's electricity is produced by solar panels on the roof.
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There is no federal law that grants you the right to install solar panels. Ron Lieber, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025 This fully customizable electric catamaran has the shipyard’s signature solar panels integrated into the hull sides, superstructure and curved areas, covering around 738 square feet of surface area and generating up to 13kWp of energy. Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2025 New Horizons is traveling out of the solar system, where its RTGs will provide power where solar panels could not. Benjamin Roulston, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2025 Many of the lander's instruments and antennae can be seen in the photo alongside Blue Ghost's solar panels. Brett Tingley, Space.com, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for solar panel

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of solar panel was in 1961

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“Solar panel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20panel. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

solar panel

noun
: a group of solar cells forming a flat surface (as on a spacecraft)
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