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solar flare

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A violent explosion in the Sun's atmosphere.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flare

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: solar radiation

History

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِنْفِجَار شَمْسِيّ (infijār šamsiyy) — violent explosion
  • Bulgarian: слънчево изригване (slǎnčevo izrigvane) — violent explosion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 耀斑 (yàobān) — violent explosion
  • Czech: sluneční erupce — violent explosion
  • Danish: soludbrud — violent explosion
  • Dutch: zonnevlam — violent explosion
  • Finnish: auringonpurkaus — violent explosion
  • Finnish: soihtupurkaus — violent explosion
  • Finnish: roihupurkaus — violent explosion
  • Finnish: flare — violent explosion
  • French: éruption solaire — violent explosion
  • German: Sonneneruption — violent explosion
  • German: chromosphärische Eruption — violent explosion
  • Greek: ηλιακή έκλαμψη (iliakí éklampsi) — violent explosion
  • Hebrew: סְעָרָה שֶׁמֶשׁ (se'ará shémesh) — violent explosion
  • Hindi: सौर प्रज्वाल (saur prajvāl) — violent explosion
  • Hungarian: napkitörés — violent explosion
  • Icelandic: sólblossi — violent explosion
  • Icelandic: sólgos — violent explosion
  • Italian: brillamento solare — violent explosion
  • Italian: eruzione solare — violent explosion
  • Italian: eruzione stellare — violent explosion
  • Japanese: 太陽フレア (taiyō furea) — violent explosion
  • Khmer: អណ្តាតភ្លើងព្រះអាទិត្យ (ʼɑndaat phləəng prĕəh ʼaatɨt) — violent explosion
  • Korean: 태양 플레어 (taeyang peulleeo) — violent explosion
  • Polish: rozbłysk słoneczny — violent explosion
  • Portuguese: erupção solar — violent explosion
  • Russian: со́лнечная вспы́шка (sólnečnaja vspýška) — violent explosion
  • Spanish: erupción solar — violent explosion
  • Spanish: fulguración solar — violent explosion
  • Tagalog: adlawing liyab — violent explosion
  • Thai: เปลวสุริยะ (bpleeo-sù-rí-yá) — violent explosion
  • Turkish: Güneş patlaması — violent explosion
  • Turkish: Güneş püskürtüsü — violent explosion