solar apex

1. 1.

   the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars

   Synonymsapexapex of the sun's way

   Broadercelestial point

   Part ofcelestial sphere

Questions about solar apex

What does solar apex mean?

solar apex means "the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars".

What is another word for solar apex?

Close synonyms include apex, apex of the sun's way. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is solar apex a common word?

solar apex is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.