solar dish
- noun
- /ˈsoʊlər dɪʃ/
- Specialized
:
plato solar
- The solar dish collected sunlight efficiently.
Examples
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The engineers installed a solar dish to generate electricity for the remote outpost.
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Heat from the solar dish was sufficient to melt salt for energy storage.
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Researchers used a large solar dish to focus sunlight during the experiment.
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Many researchers are studying solar dishes for energy solutions.
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The researcher used a solar dish to generate enough heat for her experiments in renewable energy.
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In the desert, a solar dish concentrated sunlight to provide power to the nearby village.
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Engineers designed a large solar dish to focus sunlight onto a boiler, creating steam for electricity generation.
Synonyms
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4.6
A device that uses mirrors or panels to focus sunlight and make heat
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6.7
A machine that uses a large curved mirror to focus sunlight and make very high heat
How Focused
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly composed from 'solar' (related to the sun) + 'dish' (a concave/plate-like or parabolic object), so a learner who knows both words can infer this refers to a dish used to collect or concentrate sunlight. This is a straightforward adjective+noun compositional pattern common across languages and thus immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Solar dish gives a simple image: a large dish like a bowl that focuses solar or 'sunlight' to one point, like a giant magnifying glass. That's why it means a big mirror used to gather sunlight to make heat or electricity.