Definition of sun

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Sun (n.) The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000..

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Monday :: Monday (n.) The second day of the week; the day following Sunday.
Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams..
Divorce :: Divorce (n.) To separate or disunite; to sunder.
Sunsetting :: Sunset (n.) Alt. of Sunsettin.
Sunglass :: Sunglasses (pl. ) of Sunglas.
Avulsion :: Avulsion (n.) A tearing asunder; a forcible separation.
Southing :: Southing (n.) Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the sun..
Lustwort :: Lustwort (n.) See Sundew.
Disarticulate :: Disarticulate (v. t.) To sunder; to separate, as joints..
Solar :: Solar (a.) Born under the predominant influence of the sun.
Misread :: Misread (v. t.) To read amiss; to misunderstand in reading.
Night :: Night (n.) That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light..
Sunder :: Sunder (v. t.) To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder friends..
Helioscope :: Helioscope (n.) A telescope or instrument for viewing the sun without injury to the eyes, as through colored glasses, or with mirrors which reflect but a small portion of light..
Menstrual :: Menstrual (a.) Recurring once a month; monthly; gone through in a month; as, the menstrual revolution of the moon; pertaining to monthly changes; as, the menstrual equation of the sun's place..
Heptachord :: Heptachord (n.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.
Equinox :: Equinox (n.) The time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, that is, about March 21 and September 22. See Autumnal equinox, Vernal equinox, under Autumnal and Vernal..
Sun-burner :: Sunburn (n.) The burning or discoloration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun; tan.
Heliacal :: Heliacal (a.) Emerging from the light of the sun, or passing into it; rising or setting at the same, or nearly the same, time as the sun..
Siderostat :: Siderostat (n.) An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat.
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