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sunspot

Syllables: sun·spot/ˈsʌnspɒt/US/ˈsʌnspɑt/

sunspot noun: a region on the sun's surface with a lower temperature than its surroundings and intense magnetic activity.

Noun

sunspot (plural sunspots)

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

sunspot meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Indonesian and Persian

sunspot in Tamil

சூரியகளங்கம், ஞாயிற்றுப்புள்ளி, சூரியமரு

sunspot in Tagalog

region on the sun's surface
pekas, batik-adlaw

sunspot in Indonesian

region on the sun's surface
bintik matahari

sunspot in Persian

region on the sun's surface
خورلک xurlak

Synonyms of sunspot

Forms of sunspot

pluralsunspots

Plural of sunspot: sunspots

Origin of sunspot

From sun + spot.

Words formed from sunspot

Phrases with sunspot

Questions about sunspot

What does sunspot mean?
Sunspot means a region on the sun's surface with a lower temperature than its surroundings and intense magnetic activity.
What is sunspot in Tamil?
Sunspot in Tamil is சூரியகளங்கம், ஞாயிற்றுப்புள்ளி, சூரியமரு. See Sunspot meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sunspot?
Sunspot is a noun.
How do you pronounce sunspot?
Sunspot is pronounced /ˈsʌnspɒt/ (UK).
What is the plural of sunspot?
The plural of sunspot is sunspots.

Words near sunspot in the dictionary

  1. sunspace
  2. sunspaces
  3. sunspecs
  4. sunspider
  5. sunspiders
  6. sunspot
  7. sunspot number
  8. sunspot numbers
  9. sunspots
  10. sunspottedness
  11. sunspottery

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sunspot (page history and authors); sunspot (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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