sunspot
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈsʌnspɑt/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈsʌnspɒt/
Noun

sunspot (plural sunspots)

  1. (astronomy) A region on the sun's surface with a lower temperature than its surroundings and intense magnetic activity.
Translations
  • French: tache solaire
  • German: Sonnenfleck
  • Italian: macchia solare
  • Portuguese: mancha solar
  • Russian: солнечное пятно́
  • Spanish: mancha solar



This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.002
Offline English dictionary