sunspot

See also: sun spot

English

Etymology

sun +‎ spot

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnspɒt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnspɑt/
Hyphenation: sun‧spot

Noun

sunspot (plural sunspots)

(astronomy) A region on the sun's surface with a lower temperature than its surroundings and intense magnetic activity.
(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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