• (British) IPA: /ˈsəʊl.ə ˌsɪs.təm/
• (America) IPA: /ˈsoʊ.lɚ ˌsɪs.təm/

1. Alternative case form of Solar System; the Sun and all the objects in orbit around it.

solar system (plural solar systems)

1. Any collection of heavenly bodies including a star or binary star, and any lighter stars, brown dwarfs, planets, and other objects in orbit.
   • 1992, J. Laskar, page 31 in, Sylvio Ferraz-Mello (editor), "Chaos, resonance, and collective dynamical phenomena in the solar system", International Astronomical Union Symposium,

     I would like to stress out that the meaning of unstable for our solar system is very different than for another solar system.

   • 2001, Stuart Ross Taylor, Solar system evolution: a new perspective, 2nd edition, page xiii:

     Every satellite has turned out to differ in some significant feature from its neighbor: " […] the sense of novelty would probably not have been greater if we had explored a different solar system".

   Synonyms: planetary system

2. Ellipsis of solar power system electric power system that supplies usable solar power by means of photovoltaics

• French: système solaire
• German: Sonnensystem
• Italian: sistema solare
• Portuguese: sistema solar
• Russian: со́лнечная систе́ма
• Spanish: sistema solar

• (British) IPA: /ˈsəʊl.ə ˌsɪs.təm/
• (America) IPA: /ˈsoʊ.lɚ ˌsɪs.təm/

1. (astronomy) The Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it, including the eight planets, their moons, the asteroids and comets.

• French: système solaire
• German: Sonnensystem
• Italian: sistema solare
• Portuguese: sistema solar
• Russian: Со́лнечная систе́ма
• Spanish: sistema solar

1. Alternative case form of Solar System