Meaning Of The Word Sunspot

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sunspot
countable noun: Sunspots are dark cool patches that appear on the surface of the sun and last for about a week.

sunspot in American English
any of the temporarily cooler regions appearing cyclically as dark spots on the surface of the sun, accompanied by increased geomagnetic disturbances
noun: one of the relatively dark patches that appear periodically on the surface of the sun and affect terrestrial magnetism and certain other terrestrial phenomena

sunspot in British English
noun: 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

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