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☀️ To expose to sunlight 🖼️ To change photo tones 🏠 To add solar panels
to solarize

to solarize

5.4
To add panels that use sunlight to make electricity for a building or vehicle
  • verb
  • /ˈsoʊləˌraɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : solarizar
  • They solarized the factory roof last summer to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions.

Examples

  • They decided to solarize their home.

  • The city aims to solarize its public buildings within five years.

  • Homeowners are solarizing older houses by adding panels and batteries for backup power.

  • The city plans to solarize public buildings.

  • The city plans to solarize government buildings to reduce electricity costs and promote sustainable energy.

  • Many homeowners are choosing to solarize their roofs to take advantage of renewable energy incentives.

  • After installing solar panels, we were excited to solarize the entire neighborhood and encourage others to follow suit.

Surface Forms

solarize infinitive
solarized past
solarized past participle
solarizing present participle
solarizes third person singular

Morphology

solarize = solar (transparent) = solar + ize

Clear derivation from 'solar' + '-ize' meaning 'to make solar' (equip with solar technology), which follows productive English word-formation patterns.

Etymology

The meaning of solarize as 'equip with solar panels' comes from sol 'sun' and -ize 'to make', so to solarize a building is to make it 'sun-powered' by adding solar panels or other systems that use sunlight. That's why cities and homeowners talk about solarizing roofs to run on sun energy.