quiet sun
Americannoun
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the sun at the minimum of solar activity, occurring every 11 years.
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the unchanging background of solar phenomena.
Example Sentences
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Scientists tackle a burning question: When will our quiet sun turn violent?
From Science Magazine ● May 31, 2019
Britain and Russia are leading a smooth-running Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research, which is already working out plans for securing valuable weather data in the international "quiet sun" year in 1964-65.
From Time Magazine Archive
But, says Gurman: "We now know that there's no such thing as a quiet sun."
From Time Magazine Archive
The quiet sun blazed down through the clear windless air and made a furnace of our hole in the sand.
From The Jacket (Star-Rover) by London, Jack
But for the most part the winds are laid, and the sole change is from quiet sun to quiet shower.
From Indian Summer by Howells, William Dean
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