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.
Synonyms
Translations
a sail-like structure on a spacecraft
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