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passive solar

passive solar adjective: making direct use of solar energy without first converting it to another form such as electricity.

Adjective

passive solar (not comparable)

  1. Making direct use of solar energy without first converting it to another form such as electricity.
    • Passive solar energy utilizes building constituents such as walls, floors, roofs, windows, exterior building elements and landscaping to control heat generated by sun.2014 September 20, “Passive Solar Energy”, in AENews

Questions about passive solar

What does passive solar mean?
Passive solar means making direct use of solar energy without first converting it to another form such as electricity.
What part of speech is passive solar?
Passive solar is an adjective.

Words near passive solar in the dictionary

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  4. passive smokers
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  6. passive solar
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  9. passive vape
  10. passive vaper
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