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sunspot

sun·spot
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suhn-spot]
    • /ˈsʌnˌspɒt/
    • /ˈsʌn.spɒt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suhn-spot]
    • /ˈsʌnˌspɒt/

Definitions of sunspot word

  • noun sunspot one of the relatively dark patches that appear periodically on the surface of the sun and affect terrestrial magnetism and certain other terrestrial phenomena. 1
  • noun sunspot mark on the sun 1
  • countable noun sunspot Sunspots are dark cool patches that appear on the surface of the sun and last for about a week. 0
  • noun sunspot any of the dark cool patches, with a diameter of up to several thousand kilometres, that appear on the surface of the sun and last about a week. They occur in approximately 11-year cycles and possess a strong magnetic field 0
  • noun sunspot a sunny holiday resort 0
  • noun sunspot a small cancerous spot produced by overexposure to the sun 0
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Origin of sunspot

First appearance:

before 1805
One of the 41% newest English words
First recorded in 1805-15; sun + spot

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Parts of speech for Sunspot

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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sunspot popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Related words

  • penumbra

    Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).

  • plage

    a sandy bathing beach at a seashore resort.

  • relative sunspot number

    a number indicating the degree of sunspot activity on the sun as a factor of observer idiosyncrasies, the number of sunspot groups, and the number of individual sunspots.

  • solar cycle

    the variation of sunspots, prominences, flares, and other solar activity through an 11-year cycle.

  • sunspot cycle

    the cycle, averaging in duration slightly more than 11 years, in which the frequency of sunspots varies from a maximum to a minimum and back to a maximum again.
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