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–noun

(often initial capital letter

) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.

2.	the sun considered with reference to its position in the sky, its visibility, the season of the year, the time at which or the place where it is seen, etc.

3.	a self-luminous heavenly body; star.

4.	sunshine; the heat and light from the sun: to be exposed to the sun.

5.	a figure or representation of the sun, as a heraldic bearing usually surrounded with rays and marked with the features of a human face.

6.	something likened to the sun in brightness, splendor, etc.

Chiefly Literary.

a.	clime; climate.

b.	glory; splendor.

8.	sunrise or sunset: They traveled hard from sun to sun.

Archaic.

a day.

a year.

–verb (used with object)

10.	to expose to the sun's rays.

11.	to warm, dry, etc., in the sunshine.

12.	to put, bring, make, etc., by exposure to the sun.

–verb (used without object)

13.	to be exposed to the rays of the sun: to sun in the yard.

—Idioms

14.	against the sun, Nautical. counterclockwise.

15.	place in the sun, a favorable or advantageous position; prominence; recognition: The new generation of writers has achieved a place in the sun.

16.	under the sun, on earth; anywhere: the most beautiful city under the sun.

17.	with the sun, Nautical. clockwise.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME sun, sonne, OE sunne; c. G Sonne, ON sunna, Goth sunno; akin to ON sōl, Goth sauil, L sōl (see solar), Gk hlios (see helio-), Welsh haul, Lith saũlė, Pol słońce

]

—Related forms

sunlike, adjective

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Sun.

Sunday.

Also, Sund.

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n.

often Sun A star that is the basis of the solar system and that sustains life on Earth, being the source of heat and light. It has a mean distance from Earth of about 150 million kilometers (93 million miles) a diameter of approximately 1,390,000 kilometers (864,000 miles) and a mass about 330,000 times that of Earth.
A star that is the center of a planetary system.
The radiant energy, especially heat and visible light, emitted by the sun; sunshine.
A sunlike object, representation, or design.

v.   sunned, sun·ning, suns

v.   tr.
To expose to the sun's rays, as for warming, drying, or tanning.

v.   intr.
To expose oneself or itself to the sun.

[Middle English, from Old English sunne; see sāwel- in Indo-European roots.]

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sun (n.)

O.E. sunne, from P.Gmc. *sunnon (cf. O.N., O.S., O.H.G. sunna, M.Du. sonne, Du. zon, Ger. Sonne, Goth. sunno), from PIE *s(u)wen- (cf. Avestan xueng "sun," O.Ir. fur-sunnud "lighting up"), alternate form of base *saewel- "to shine, sun" (see Sol). O.E. sunne was fem., and the fem. pronoun was used until 16c.; since then masc. has prevailed. The empire on which the sun never sets (1630) originally was the Spanish, later the British. To have one's place in the sun (1688) is from Pascal's "Pensées"; the Ger. imperial foreign policy sense (1897) is from a speech by von Bülow. The U.S. Sunbelt is first recorded 1969. Sunlight is first recorded c.1205. Sunbeam was in O.E.; sunset first recorded 1390 (sundown is from 1620); sunrise is first found 1440 (sun-up is from 1712). Sundial is from 1599. Sunspot in ref. to the solar phenomenon is from 1868. Egg served sunny side up first attested 1900. Sunroof of a car is from 1966.

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sun (v.)

1519, "to set something in the sun," from sun (n.). Meaning "to expose oneself to the sun" is recorded from 1610. Sun-bathing is attested from 1600. Sun-tan (v.) is recorded from 1821; the noun is first attested 1904. Sunburn (v.) is from sunne y-brent (c.1400).

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sun
noun
1.	the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system; "the sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system"; "the Earth revolves around the Sun"
2.	the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind" [syn: sunlight]
3.	a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc
4.	any star around which a planetary system revolves
5.	first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians [syn: Sunday]
verb
1.	expose one's body to the sun
2.	expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun; "insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble"; "These herbs suffer when sunned"

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sun

In addition to the idiom beginning with sun, also see everything but the kitchen sink (under the sun); make hay while the sun shines; nothing new under the sun; place in the sun.

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sun1 [san] noun

the round body in the sky that gives light and heat to the earth
Example: The Sun is nearly 150 million kilometres away from the Earth.

Arabic:	شَمْس
Chinese (Simplified):	太阳
Chinese (Traditional):	太陽
Czech:	Slunce
Danish:	sol
Dutch:	zon
Estonian:	päike
Finnish:	aurinko
French:	soleil
German:	die Sonne
Greek:	ήλιος
Hungarian:	nap
Icelandic:	sól
Indonesian:	matahari
Italian:	sole

Japanese:	太陽
Korean:	해, 태양
Latvian:	Saule
Lithuanian:	saulė
Norwegian:	sol
Polish:	słońce
Portuguese (Brazil):	sol
Portuguese (Portugal):	sol
Romanian:	soare
Russian:	солнце
Slovak:	Slnko
Slovenian:	sonce
Spanish:	sol
Swedish:	sol
Turkish:	güneş

sun2 [san] noun

any of the fixed stars
Example: Do other suns have planets revolving round them?

Arabic:	أحد النُّجوم الثابِتَه
Chinese (Simplified):	恒星
Chinese (Traditional):	恆星
Czech:	slunce
Danish:	sol
Dutch:	zon
Estonian:	päike
Finnish:	aurinko
French:	soleil
German:	die Sonne
Greek:	(οποιοδήποτε αστέρι που λειτουργεί ως) ήλιος
Hungarian:	nap
Icelandic:	sól
Indonesian:	matahari
Italian:	sole

Japanese:	恒星
Korean:	항성
Latvian:	saule
Lithuanian:	saulė
Norwegian:	sol
Polish:	słońce
Portuguese (Brazil):	sol
Portuguese (Portugal):	sol
Romanian:	soare
Russian:	звезда (неподвижная)
Slovak:	slnko
Slovenian:	sonce
Spanish:	sol
Swedish:	sol
Turkish:	güneş

sun3 [san] noun

light and heat from the sun; sunshine
Example: We sat in the sun; In Britain they don't get enough sun; The sun has faded the curtains.

Arabic:	نور الشَّمْس
Chinese (Simplified):	日光
Chinese (Traditional):	日光
Czech:	slunce
Danish:	sol; solskin
Dutch:	zon
Estonian:	päikesepaiste, päikesevalgus
Finnish:	auringonvalo
French:	soleil
German:	die Sonne
Greek:	ήλιος, ηλιακό φως
Hungarian:	nap(fény)
Icelandic:	sól, sólskin
Indonesian:	sinar matahari
Italian:	sole

Japanese:	日光
Korean:	햇빛; 태양의 빛과 열
Latvian:	saule; saulesgaisma
Lithuanian:	saulė
Norwegian:	sol(skinn, *-lys)
Polish:	słońce
Portuguese (Brazil):	sol
Portuguese (Portugal):	sol
Romanian:	soare
Russian:	солнце
Slovak:	slnko
Slovenian:	sonce
Spanish:	sol
Swedish:	sol, solsken
Turkish:	güneş (ışığı)

sun [san] verb

to expose (oneself) to the sun's rays
Example: He's sunning himself in the garden.

Arabic:	يَتَشَمَّس
Chinese (Simplified):	晒太阳
Chinese (Traditional):	曬太陽
Czech:	slunit se
Danish:	sole sig
Dutch:	(zich) zonnen
Estonian:	päevitama
Finnish:	ottaa aurinkoa
French:	(s')exposer au soleil
German:	(sich) sonnen
Greek:	λιάζομαι
Hungarian:	napozik
Icelandic:	sóla sig
Indonesian:	berjemur
Italian:	prendere il sole*

Japanese:	日にさらす
Korean:	…을 햇볕에 쬐다
Latvian:	sildīties saulē; sauļoties
Lithuanian:	ðildytis saulëje
Norwegian:	sole (seg)
Polish:	opalać się
Portuguese (Brazil):	tomar sol
Portuguese (Portugal):	apanhar sol
Romanian:	a se expune la soare
Russian:	греться на солнышке
Slovak:	opaľovať sa, slniť sa
Slovenian:	sončiti se
Spanish:	tomar el sol, exponerse a los rayos del sol
Swedish:	sola sig
Turkish:	güneşlenmek

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Often Sun. A medium-sized, main-sequence star located in a spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy, orbited by all of the planets and other bodies in our solar system and supplying the heat and light that sustain life on Earth. Its diameter is approximately 1.4 million km (868,000 mi), and its mass, about 330,000 times that of Earth, comprises more than 99 percent of the matter in the solar system. It has a temperature of some 16 million degrees C (27 million degrees F) at its core, where nuclear fusion produces tremendous amounts of energy, mainly through the series of reactions known as the proton-proton chain. The energy generated in the core radiates through a radiation zone to an opaque convection zone, where it rises to the surface through convection currents of the Sun's plasma. The Sun's surface temperature (at its photosphere) is approximately 6,200 degrees C (11,200 degrees F). Turbulent surface phenomena analogous to the Earth's weather are prevalent, including magnetic storms, sunspots, and solar flares. The Sun was formed along with the rest of the solar system about 4.5 billion years ago and is expected to run out of its current hydrogen fuel in another 5 billion years, at which point it will develop into a red giant and ultimately into a white dwarf. See Table at solar system. See Note at dwarf star.

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The star around which the Earth revolves.

Note: The sun is about 4.5 billion years old and is expected to remain in its present state for approximately another six billion years; it will eventually evolve into a white dwarf.

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Sun

n. Sun Microsystems. Hackers remember that the name was originally an acronym, Stanford University Network. Sun started out around 1980 with some hardware hackers (mainly) from Stanford talking to some software hackers (mainly) from UC Berkeley; Sun's original technology concept married a clever board design based on the Motorola 68000 to BSD Unix. Sun went on to lead the worstation industry through the 1980s, and for years afterwards remained an engineering-driven company and a good place for hackers to work. Though Sun drifted away from its techie origins after 1990 and has since made some strategic moves that disappointed and annoyed many hackers (especially by maintaining proprietary control of Java and rejecting Linux), it's still considered within the family in much the same way DEC was in the 1970s and early 1980s.

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Sun City, AZ (CDP, FIPS 70320) Location: 33.61627 N, 112.28181 W
Population (1990): 38126 (27353 housing units)
Area: 38.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 85351, 85373

Sun Valley, CA Zip code(s): 91352

Sun River, MT Zip code(s): 59483

Sun Prairie, WI (city, FIPS 78600) Location: 43.18368 N, 89.23234 W
Population (1990): 15333 (5718 housing units)
Area: 18.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 53590

Sun Lakes, AZ (CDP, FIPS 70530) Location: 33.21686 N, 111.87009 W
Population (1990): 6578 (4356 housing units)
Area: 13.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 85248

Sun City, KS (city, FIPS 69275) Location: 37.37851 N, 98.91644 W
Population (1990): 88 (64 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67143

Sun City, CA (CDP, FIPS 75826) Location: 33.71289 N, 117.20251 W
Population (1990): 14930 (8506 housing units)
Area: 20.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 92586

Sun Valley, NV (CDP, FIPS 71600) Location: 39.59817 N, 119.77860 W
Population (1990): 11391 (4257 housing units)
Area: 22.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 89433

Sun Valley, ID (city, FIPS 78850) Location: 43.68147 N, 114.32842 W
Population (1990): 938 (2060 housing units)
Area: 24.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Sun Valley, FL (CDP, FIPS 70055) Location: 26.52770 N, 80.13773 W
Population (1990): 2735 (1327 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Sun Valley, TX (city, FIPS 71356) Location: 33.67250 N, 95.42880 W
Population (1990): 60 (30 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Sun Prairie, MT (CDP, FIPS 72380) Location: 47.53692 N, 111.48055 W
Population (1990): 1424 (482 housing units)
Area: 15.4 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

Sun City West, AZ (CDP, FIPS 70355) Location: 33.66542 N, 112.35412 W
Population (1990): 15997 (10367 housing units)
Area: 23.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 85375

Sun City Center, FL (CDP, FIPS 69250) Location: 27.72136 N, 82.35203 W
Population (1990): 8326 (5665 housing units)
Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 33573

Sun River Terrace, IL (village, FIPS 73943) Location: 41.12648 N, 87.73460 W
Population (1990): 532 (182 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Sun, LA (village, FIPS 73955) Location: 30.64956 N, 89.90454 W
Population (1990): 429 (202 housing units)
Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

Rising Sun-Lebanon, DE (CDP, FIPS 61265) Location: 39.10112 N, 75.50665 W
Population (1990): 2177 (824 housing units)
Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Rising Sun, MD (town, FIPS 66275) Location: 39.69830 N, 76.06058 W
Population (1990): 1263 (528 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 21911

Rising Sun, IN (city, FIPS 64674) Location: 38.95163 N, 84.85711 W
Population (1990): 2311 (962 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 47040

Morning Sun, IA (city, FIPS 54120) Location: 41.09400 N, 91.25155 W
Population (1990): 841 (348 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 52640

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See\, v. t. [imp. Saw; p. p. Seen; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeing.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, As. se['o]n; akin to OFries. s[=i]a, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[=a], Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. sa['i]hwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr. ??????, Skr. sac. Cf. Sight, Sun to follow.]

1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view.

I will new turn aside, and see this great sight. --Ex. iii. 3.

2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain.

Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. --Gen. xxxvii. 14.

Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. --Mark xii. 34.

Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device? --Shak.

3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after. --Shak.

I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for centradicting him. --Addison.

4. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend.

And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day of his death. --1 Sam. xv. 35.

5. To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. --Ps. xc. 15.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. --John viii. 51.

Improvement in wisdom and prudence by seeing men. --Locke.

6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.

God you (him, or me, etc.) see, God keep you (him, me, etc.) in his sight; God protect you. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

To see (anything) out, to see (it) to the end; to be present at, or attend, to the end.

To see stars, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.]

To see (one) through, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the end of a course or an undertaking.

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So"lar\, a. [L. solaris, fr. sol the sun; akin to As. s[=o]l, Icel. s[=o]l, Goth. sauil, Lith. saule, W. haul,. sul, Skr. svar, perhaps to E. sun:F. solaire. Cf. Parasol. Sun.]

1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as, the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar influence. See Solar system, below.

2. (Astrol.) Born under the predominant influence of the sun. [Obs.]

And proud beside, as solar people are. --Dryden.

3. Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.

4. Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.

They denominate some herbs solar, and some lunar. --Bacon.

Solar cycle. See under Cycle.

Solar day. See Day, 2.

Solar engine, an engine in which the energy of solar heat is used to produce motion, as in evaporating water for a steam engine, or expanding air for an air engine.

Solar flowers (Bot.), flowers which open and shut daily at certain hours.

Solar lamp, an argand lamp.

Solar microscope, a microscope consisting essentially, first, of a mirror for reflecting a beam of sunlight through the tube, which sometimes is fixed in a window shutter; secondly, of a condenser, or large lens, for converging the beam upon the object; and, thirdly, of a small lens, or magnifier, for throwing an enlarged image of the object at its focus upon a screen in a dark room or in a darkened box.

Solar month. See under Month.

Solar oil, a paraffin oil used an illuminant and lubricant.

Solar phosphori (Physics), certain substances, as the diamond, siulphide of barium (Bolognese or Bologna phosphorus), calcium sulphide, etc., which become phosphorescent, and shine in the dark, after exposure to sunlight or other intense light.

Solar plexus (Anat.), a nervous plexus situated in the dorsal and anterior part of the abdomen, consisting of several sympathetic ganglia with connecting and radiating nerve fibers; -- so called in allusion to the radiating nerve fibers.

Solar spots. See Sun spots, under Sun.

Solar system (Astron.), the sun, with the group of celestial bodies which, held by its attraction, revolve round it. The system comprises the major planets, with their satellites; the minor planets, or asteroids, and the comets; also, the meteorids, the matter that furnishes the zodiacal light, and the rings of Saturn. The satellites that revolve about the major planets are twenty-two in number, of which the Earth has one (see Moon.), Mars two, Jupiter five, Saturn nine, Uranus four, and Neptune one. The asteroids, between Mars and Jupiter, thus far discovered (1900), number about five hundred, the first four of which were found near the beginning of the century, and are called Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta.

Note: The principal elements of the major planets, and of the comets seen at more than one perihelion passage, are exhibited in the following tables: -- I. -- Major Planets. Symbol.Name.Mean distance -- that of the Earth being unity.Period in days.Eccentricity.Inclination of orbit.Diameter in miles ????????????????????? II. -- Periodic Comets. Name.Greatest distance from sun.Least distance from sun.Inclination of orbit.Perihelion passage. [deg] [min] 54 Encke's3.314.100.34212 541885.2 ?????????????????????

Solar telegraph, telegraph for signaling by flashes of reflected sunlight.

Solar time. See Apparent time, under Time.

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Sun

So"lar\, a. [L. solaris, fr. sol the sun; akin to As. s[=o]l, Icel. s[=o]l, Goth. sauil, Lith. saule, W. haul,. sul, Skr. svar, perhaps to E. sun:F. solaire. Cf. Parasol. Sun.]

1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as, the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar influence. See Solar system, below.

2. (Astrol.) Born under the predominant influence of the sun. [Obs.]

And proud beside, as solar people are. --Dryden.

3. Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.

4. Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.

They denominate some herbs solar, and some lunar. --Bacon.

Solar cycle. See under Cycle.

Solar day. See Day, 2.

Solar engine, an engine in which the energy of solar heat is used to produce motion, as in evaporating water for a steam engine, or expanding air for an air engine.

Solar flowers (Bot.), flowers which open and shut daily at certain hours.

Solar lamp, an argand lamp.

Solar month. See under Month.

Solar oil, a paraffin oil used an illuminant and lubricant.

Solar spots. See Sun spots, under Sun.

Solar telegraph, telegraph for signaling by flashes of reflected sunlight.

Solar time. See Apparent time, under Time.

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(Heb. shemesh), first mentioned along with the moon as the two great luminaries of heaven (Gen. 1:14-18). By their motions and influence they were intended to mark and divide times and seasons. The worship of the sun was one of the oldest forms of false religion (Job 31:26,27), and was common among the Egyptians and Chaldeans and other pagan nations. The Jews were warned against this form of idolatry (Deut. 4:19; 17:3; comp. 2 Kings 23:11; Jer. 19:13).

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