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Look up: Sun

  1. Sun
    abbreviation: Sunday
    Found on http://www.apscharts.com/abbrev.html

  2. Sun
    The sun is the star at the centre of the solar system.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. SUN
    SUN is an abbreviation for SUN MicroSystems Computer (not an Acronym); Stanford University Network
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. sun
    [n] - a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc 2. [n] - any star around which a planetary system evolves 3. [n] - a typical star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system 4. [v] - expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun 5. [v] - expose one`s body to the sun
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. SUN
    Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Found on http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/bab

  6. Sun
    The star at the centre of the Solar System
    Found on http://www.solarspace.co.uk/Glossary4.ph

  7. Sun
    The Sun is our nearest star. It is a dim yellow dwarf star, not particularly big or bright by astronomical standards. It has a mass of 2x1030kg and diameter 110 times that of the Earth. As an example for comparison, Betelgeuse in Orion has around 20 times the mass of the Sun, and a diameter 290 times that of the Sun. Also in Orion, the bright star Rigel is intrinsically 60 000 times brighter than the Sun
    Found on http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/computing/

  8. Sun
    The star at the centre of our solar system. In the sun, the basic fusion process converts hydrogen to helium liberating large amounts of energy. The sun converts about 2 million kg of mass to energy every second.Equatorial radius6.96x108mMass1.9891x1030kgPolar moment of inertia5.7x1046kgm2Bolometric lumin...
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  9. Sun
    Sun Microsystems
    Found on

  10. sun
    Sun Day, an occasion conceived to draw attention to the potential of solar energy. Category: Management in the public and private sector • central gearwheel in planetary reduction gear Category: Transport • a light-sensitive diode that sends a signal to the attitude-control system of a spacecraft when it senses the sun Category: Electrical engineering and energy &bul...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  11. Sun
    Definition (keystage 2) The sun is the star closest to the Earth, at a distance of around 93 million miles. The earth orbits the sun with a period of one year.
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht

  12. Sun
    Sun noun (Botany) See Sunn .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/238

  13. Sun
    Sun noun [ Middle English sunne , sonne , Anglo-Saxon sunne ; akin to OFries. sunne , Dutch zon , Old Saxon & Old High German sunna , German sonne , Icelandic sunna , Goth. sunna ; perhaps from same root as Latin sol . √297. Confer Solar , South .] 1. The luminous orb, the light of which constitu ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/238

  14. Sun
    Sun transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sunned ; present participle & verbal noun Sunning .] To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain. « Then to sun thyself in open air.» Dryden.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/238

  15. sun
    <botany> See Sunn. ... 1. 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. ... Its ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  16. sun
    noun a typical 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`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. sun
    noun a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. Sun
    The `Sun` is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a medium size star. The Earth and other matter (including other planets, asteroids, meteoroids, comets and dust) orbit the Sun, which by itself accounts for about 99.8% of the solar system's mass. Energy from the Sun, in the form of sunlight, supports almost all life on Earth via photosynthesis, and drives the Earth's climate and weather. The surface composition of the Sun consists o...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun

  19. 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. • (v. t.) To expose ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  20. Sun
    star around which the Earth and the other components of the solar system revolve. It is the dominant body of the system, constituting more than 99 ... [70 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/185

  21. Sun
    Sun is a Korean girl name. The meaning of the name is `Goodness, Obedient` Sun,Sundeep,Sun-Hi The name Sun doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Sun seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Sun

  22. Sun
    Sun Greek: Helios (god; later identified with Apollo) Latin: Sol (god; later identified with Phoebus Apollo)
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  23. Sun
    Luminous star around which the Earth and other planets revolve around. The Sun emits 63,000,000 Watts per square meter of electromagnetic radiation. The Sun has an average distance from the Earth of about 150,000,000 kilometers. The Earth's orbit is not circular but elliptical.
    Found on http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeo

  24. Sun
    The star around which the Earth revolves and the gravitational center of the Solar System; it lies about 270,000 times closer to us than the next nearest star. The Sun is a solitary, yellow dwarf star of spectral type G2 that has been on the main sequence for about 4.6 billion years. The Sun consi...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  25. sun
    sun, intensely hot, self-luminous body of gases at the center of the solar system. Its gravitational attraction maintains the planets, comets, and other bodies of the solar system in their orbits.Sections in this article:IntroductionGeneral Characteristics of the SunProduction of Solar EnergyThe Stu...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08472


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23 November 2009

This day in history:
At sixteen minutes past five on 23rd November 1963, a British television institution was born. Doctor Who would go on to become the longest-running science-fiction programme in the world, eventually spawning twenty six seasons of adventures from 1963 to 1989. In total, eight actors have played the part of Gallifrey's most famous Time Lord. From the very first - William Hartnell in 1963 - to the very last - Paul McGann, in the 1996 TV Movie - the Doctor has wandered through time and space in his trusty time machine, an old type-40 TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Although appearing to be nothing more than a battered blue police box, it is in fact vastly bigger on the inside than on the outside, and always departs with its familiar wheezing, groaning sound. read more

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