solar collector
noun
: any of various devices for the absorption of solar radiation for the heating of water or buildings or the production of electricity
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Dark wing colors act as solar collectors to warm the butterfly on cold days.
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The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
The small planet would have been converted into a horde of mining and manufacturing robots, powered by fleets of Dyson Swarm solar collectors.
—Adam Hadhazy, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2023
This life-size survival capsule generates its own electricity thanks to solar collectors and a wind turbine.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Several giant solar collectors in geosynchronous orbit are beaming microwaves down to the island from 36 000 km above Earth.
—Susumu Sasaki, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Apr. 2014
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The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
The small planet would have been converted into a horde of mining and manufacturing robots, powered by fleets of Dyson Swarm solar collectors.
—Adam Hadhazy, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2023
This life-size survival capsule generates its own electricity thanks to solar collectors and a wind turbine.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Several giant solar collectors in geosynchronous orbit are beaming microwaves down to the island from 36 000 km above Earth.
—Susumu Sasaki, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Apr. 2014
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