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Sunspot

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Noun

1. macula, sunspot

a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sunspot

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noun
1. 
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
2. informal
a sunny holiday resort
3. Australian
a small cancerous spot produced by overexposure to the sun

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Sunspot

see synonyms of sunspot
noun
any of the temporarily cooler regions appearing cyclically as dark spots on the surface of the sun, accompanied by increased geomagnetic disturbances

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sunspot

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n.
Any of the relatively cool dark spots appearing periodically in groups on the surface of the sun that are associated with strong magnetic fields.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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