quiet sun
nounAstronomy.
the sun at the minimum of solar activity, occurring every 11 years.
the unchanging background of solar phenomena.
- Compare active sun, solar cycle.
Words Nearby quiet sun
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use quiet sun in a sentence
The Christian and the priest had spoken; the low voice in its intensity had seemed to ring through the quiet sun-flooded room.
Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry WardThe quiet sun blazed down through the clear windless air and made a furnace of our hole in the sand.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover) | Jack LondonIt was a quiet sun-lit place, where cottonwood trees and jack-pines lined the sloping hills.
If Any Man Sin | H. A. CodyClear and distinct lay the blue sky upon the quiet sun-lit prairie.
The Great Lone Land | W. F. ButlerBut for the most part the winds are laid, and the sole change is from quiet sun to quiet shower.
Indian Summer | William D. Howells
Browse