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sun block — noun : a preparation or its active ingredient (as zinc oxide or PABA) designed to block out more of the sun s rays than a sunscreen ; broadly : sunscreen * * * sun block, a chemical substance that prevents sunburn and most suntanning, used… … Useful english dictionary
sun block — cream that protects the skin from sunburn by blocking out the sun s ultraviolet rays … English contemporary dictionary
sun·block — /ˈsʌnˌblɑːk/ noun, pl blocks [count, noncount] : a lotion that you put on your skin to prevent sunburn by completely blocking out the sun s rays compare ↑sunscreen … Useful english dictionary
sun — noun (usually the sun) ADJECTIVE ▪ bright, brilliant, golden, red, yellow ▪ hazy, pale, weak, wintry … Collocations dictionary
Sun Dianying — Sun Diangying (Traditional Chinese: 孫殿英; Simplified Chinese: 孙殿英; pinyin: Sun Dianying; Wade Giles: Sun Tienying) (1887 1947) was one of the minor warlords during the Warlord Era. BiographyBorn in 1889 in Yongcheng, Henan, Sun was originally a… … Wikipedia
Sun path — refers to the apparent significant seasonal and hourly positional changes of the sun (and length of daylight) as the Earth rotates, and orbits around the sun. To effectively gather solar energy, a solar collector (glass, solar panel, etc.) should … Wikipedia
BLOCK, PAUL — (1877–1941), U.S. publisher of an early newspaper chain. Born in Elmira, N.Y., Block made his first venture into newspaper ownership by purchasing the Newark Star Eagle in 1908. He bought the Evening Sun and Morning Post (both of Pittsburgh) in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Sun scald (flora) — un scaldCauses:Sun scald is the freezing of bark following the high temperatures in the winter season. The reason the sun can cause so much damage to trees is because of dormancy. When a tree is dormant in the winter it can be reactivated by warm … Wikipedia
sun — sunlike, adj. /sun/, n., v., sunned, sunning. n. 1. (often cap.) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93… … Universalium
Sun acquisition by Oracle — The acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corporation was completed by Oracle on January 27, 2010. Significantly, Oracle, previously only a software vendor, now owned both hardware and software product lines from Sun (e.g. SPARCstations and… … Wikipedia
