solar sail

English

Noun

solar sail (plural solar sails)

(astronautics) A sail-like structure on a spacecraft consisting of very large ultrathin mirrors, with propulsion being achieved by the radiation pressure of light from a star or laser.

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Translations

a sail-like structure on a spacecraft

German: Sonnensegel (de) n, Solarsegel n
Portuguese: vela solar f
Russian: со́лнечный па́рус (ru) m (sólnečnyj párus)

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