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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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Rise :: Rise (n.) Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet..

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.

Immerge :: Immerge (v. i.) To dissapear by entering into any medium, as a star into the light of the sun..

Sundrily :: Sundries (n. pl.) Many different or small things; sundry things.

Separable :: Separable (a.) Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist..

Lustwort :: Lustwort (n.) See Sundew.

Bruang :: Bruang (n.) The Malayan sun bear.

Heliostat :: Heliostat (n.) An instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, by which a sunbeam is made apparently stationary, by being steadily directed to one spot during the whole of its diurnal period; also, a geodetic heliotrope..

Comet :: Comet (n.) A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion, and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A comet commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, or coma, and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. See Illustration in Appendix..

Heliotrope :: Heliotrope (n.) An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror..

Meteoroid :: Meteoroid (n.) A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor..

Hat :: Hat (n.) A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim, made of various materials, and worn by men or women for protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament..

Gnomon :: Gnomon (n.) A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow..

Dispread :: Dispread (v. t.) To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams..

Solo :: Solo (a.) A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice..

Dominical :: Dominical (a.) Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday..

Disjoin :: Disjoin (v. t.) To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder.

Hackle :: Hackle (v. t.) To tear asunder; to break in pieces.

Occasive :: Occasive (a.) Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending; western.

Sunflower :: Sunfish (n.) Any large jellyfish.