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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Solar photovoltaic installer These workers install solar panels. Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025 At last report, Haven Demo has deployed its solar panels and is functioning normally. New Atlas, 8 Nov. 2025 Chile has been installing vast amounts of solar in its remote Atacama Desert, while Greece has also seen a major boom as solar panels are installed on its Mediterranean hills and islands. Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025 In March 2024, CMSA said in a statement that a fragment had hit one of the Tiangong space station’s solar panels, damaging it and causing a power loss that forced astronauts to perform spacewalks to make repairs. Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 7 Nov. 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 10 Nov. 2025.

Kids Definition

solar panel

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