solar sail

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solar sail

noun solar sails

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.
Similar: light sail, photon sail

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noun a sail-like structure on a spacecraft

Português	vela solar
Deutsch	Sonnensegel, Solarsegel
Русский	со́лнечный па́рус sólnečnyj párus

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@misc{solar_sail_2026,
  title = {solar sail},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/solar%20sail},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}