Definitions for sunlight
ˈsʌnˌlaɪtsun·light

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. sunlight, sunshine, sunnoun

   the rays of the sun

   "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sunlightnoun

   All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the sun, especially that in the visible spectrum that bathes the earth.

2. sunlightnoun

   Brightness, hope; a positive outlook.

Webster Dictionary(2.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sunlightnoun

   the light of the sun

Freebase(3.17 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sunlight

   Sunlight is a portion of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, particularly infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light. On Earth, sunlight is filtered through the Earth's atmosphere, and is obvious as daylight when the Sun is above the horizon. When the direct solar radiation is not blocked by clouds, it is experienced as sunshine, a combination of bright light and radiant heat. When it is blocked by the clouds or reflects off other objects, it is experienced as diffused light. The World Meteorological Organization uses the term "sunshine duration" to mean the cumulative time during which an area receives direct irradiance from the Sun of at least 120 watts per square meter. Sunlight on the skin is an effective source of vitamin D.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Sunlight

   Irradiation directly from the sun.

Editors Contribution(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. sunlight

   Light from the sun.

   Sunlight is vital to our existence on planet earth.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 21, 2020  

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1. • Light

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sunlight' in Nouns Frequency: #2606

Anagrams for sunlight »

1. hustling

How to pronounce sunlight?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sunlight in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sunlight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of sunlight in a Sentence

1. Jormsup Lochaya:

   Sunlight is free, we have no (ongoing) material cost and no problem with staff expenses because the project needs about three staff to monitor.

2. Steve Orma:

   Sunlight will decrease the release of melatonin, a hormone that makes us sleepy.

3. Graham Parrington and his team:

   When I got to the top, I'd never been so happy to be blinded by the sunlight.

4. Rita Rudner:

   I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight.

5. Lowell Milken:

   Good teachers are to education what education is to all other professions—the indispensable element, the sunlight and oxygen, the foundation on which everything else is built.

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