solar battery

noun

: an array of solar cells

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Given that, Superman is lucky that all our yellow dwarf star does is charge his cells like solar batteries. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 July 2025 The reconstruction will also add a new solar battery and energy storage system, upgrade dormitories and staff facilities and more. — Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026 Similarly, solar battery prices declined 97% between 1991 and 2021. — Greg Robinson, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024 Juniors Nidhi Patel and Jane Chan and sophomore Kamile Juzenas competed against four other teams in the contest, which required them to come up with a comprehensive marketing plan for a solar battery product. — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for solar battery

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First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of solar battery was in 1954

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