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subsuns

subsuns is the plural of subsun.

Meaning of subsun

Noun

subsun (plural subsuns)

  1. An area of the air which appears to glow because of the many tiny ice crystals that are suspended in it, e.g., in a cirrus cloud or an ice fog and sunlight reflects off of them.
    Synonyms:
    sun candle

Questions about subsuns

What is subsuns the plural of?
Subsuns is the plural of subsun.

Words near subsuns in the dictionary

  1. subsumption
  2. subsumptions
  3. subsumptive
  4. subsums
  5. subsun
  6. subsuns
  7. subsuntive
  8. subsuperficial
  9. subsupplier
  10. subsuppliers
  11. subsurface

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subsuns (page history and authors); subsun (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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