sunspot

See also: sun spot

English

Etymology

From sun ‎ spot.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnspɒt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnspɑt/
• Hyphenation: sun‧spot

Noun

sunspot (plural sunspots)

1. (astronomy) A region on the sun's surface with a lower temperature than its surroundings and intense magnetic activity.
2. (finance) A random shock in the foreign exchange currency market.

Derived terms

• sunspot number

 

Translations

region on the sun's surface

• Afrikaans: sonvlek
• Bulgarian: слъ́нчево петно́ n (slǎ́nčevo petnó)
• Catalan: taca solar f
• Czech: sluneční skvrna f, skvrna na slunci f
• Esperanto: sunmakulo
• Finnish: auringonpilkku (fi)
• French: tache solaire (fr) f
• German: Sonnenfleck (de) m
• Greek: ηλιακή κηλίδα f (iliakí kilída)
• Indonesian: bintik matahari f
• Italian: macchia solare f
• Latin: macula solaris f
• Latvian: saules plankums f
• Lithuanian: saulės dėmė f
• Luxembourgish: Sonnefleck m
• Macedonian: Сончева дамка f (Sončeva damka)
• Norwegian: solflekk m
• Persian: خورلک (xurlak)
• Polish: plama słoneczna (pl) f
• Portuguese: mancha solar f
• Romanian: pată solară f
• Russian: солнечное пятно́ n (solnečnoje pjatnó)
• Serbo-Croatian: sunčeva pjega f
• Slovene: sónčna péga f, sónčeva péga f
• Spanish: mancha solar f
• Swedish: solfläck (sv) c
• Tagalog: pekas f, batik-adlaw
• Turkish: güneş lekesi (tr)

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