"sunspot" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsʌnspɒt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsʌnspɑt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sunspot.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sunspots [plural]
Etymology: sun + spot Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sun|spot}} sun + spot Head templates: {{en-noun}} sunspot (plural sunspots)
  1. (astronomy) A region on the sun's surface with a lower temperature than its surroundings and intense magnetic activity. Wikipedia link: sunspot Categories (topical): Astronomy, Sun Derived forms: sunspot number Translations (region on the sun's surface): sonvlek (Afrikaans), слъ́нчево петно́ (slǎ́nčevo petnó) [neuter] (Bulgarian), taca solar [feminine] (Catalan), sluneční skvrna [feminine] (Czech), skvrna na slunci [feminine] (Czech), sunmakulo (Esperanto), auringonpilkku (Finnish), tache solaire [feminine] (French), Sonnenfleck [masculine] (German), ηλιακή κηλίδα (iliakí kilída) [feminine] (Greek), bintik matahari [feminine] (Indonesian), macchia solare [feminine] (Italian), macula solaris [feminine] (Latin), saules plankums [feminine] (Latvian), saulės dėmė [feminine] (Lithuanian), Sonnefleck [masculine] (Luxembourgish), Сончева дамка (Sončeva damka) [feminine] (Macedonian), solflekk [masculine] (Norwegian), خورلک (xurlak) (Persian), plama słoneczna [feminine] (Polish), mancha solar [feminine] (Portuguese), pată solară [feminine] (Romanian), солнечное пятно́ (solnečnoje pjatnó) [neuter] (Russian), sunčeva pjega [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sónčna péga [feminine] (Slovene), sónčeva péga [feminine] (Slovene), mancha solar [feminine] (Spanish), solfläck [common-gender] (Swedish), pekas [feminine] (Tagalog), batik-adlaw (Tagalog), güneş lekesi (Turkish)

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