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solar segment

English translation: part of day

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English term or phrase: solar segment
Selected answer:part of day
Entered by: Peter Simon

07:30 May 22, 2015
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: solar segment
”Isn't your rent coming up at the motel?"she starts.
"Yeah,must be,"he says."I've sort of lost track of time here at Hotel Sera.I'll go take care of it today, or tonight,or whatever the next available solar segment is."
Shirley Fan
Local time: 13:40
part of day
Explanation:
Solar is the adjective referring to the sun (solar wind/distance/protuberance/radiation etc.), and so also to the time of day defined by the sun. Segment is a part of something, in this case that of the day.

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Note added at 36 mins (2015-05-22 08:06:34 GMT)
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http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/solar
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Peter Simon
Netherlands
Local time: 07:40
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5 +6part of day
Peter Simon
4Day
Lincoln Hui


  

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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Day


Explanation:
Whichever day he is available.

Lincoln Hui
Hong Kong
Local time: 13:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
part of day


Explanation:
Solar is the adjective referring to the sun (solar wind/distance/protuberance/radiation etc.), and so also to the time of day defined by the sun. Segment is a part of something, in this case that of the day.

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Note added at 36 mins (2015-05-22 08:06:34 GMT)
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http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/solar

Example sentence(s):
  • Some asteroids orbit at a solar distance where their year is matched to Jupiter's year.
Peter Simon
Netherlands
Local time: 07:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 12
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