subsolar

[ suhb-soh-ler ]

adjective

1. situated beneath the sun or between the earth and the sun.
2. between the tropics.

subsolar

/ sʌbˈsəʊlə /

adjective

1. (of a point on the earth) directly below the sun
2. situated between the tropics; equatorial

Word History and Origins

Origin of subsolar¹

First recorded in 1650–60; sub- + solar ¹

Example Sentences

Here you have my reasons for not attending in this matter to the requests of a busy subsolar such as you are.

From Project Gutenberg

And as the ends and ultimates of all things accord in some mean and measure with their inceptions and originals, that same multiplicit concordance which leads forth growth from birth accomplishing by a retrogressive metamorphosis that minishing and ablation towards the final which is agreeable unto nature so is it with our subsolar being.

From Project Gutenberg