mean distance to the sun

mean distance to the sun
240 million miles; used to specify the headroom in convertibles

Dictionary of automotive terms. 2015.

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  • mean distance — noun the arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a celestial body (satellite or secondary star) from its primary • Hypernyms: ↑distance * * * noun : the arithmetical mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a planet, satellite …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Under the sun — Sun Sun, n. [OE. sunne, sonne, AS. sunne; akin to OFries. sunne, D. zon, OS. & OHG. sunna, G. sonne, Icel. sunna, Goth. sunna; perh. fr. same root as L. sol. [root]297. Cf. {Solar}, {South}.] 1. The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mean distance — Astron. the arithmetic mean of the greatest and least distances of a planet from the sun, used in stating the size of an orbit; the semimajor axis. [1885 90] * * * …   Universalium

  • mean distance — /min ˈdɪstns/ (say meen distns) noun the arithmetic mean of the greatest and least distances of a planet from the sun, called the semi major axis, and used in stating the size of an orbit …  

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  • Sun — Sun, n. [OE. sunne, sonne, AS. sunne; akin to OFries. sunne, D. zon, OS. & OHG. sunna, G. sonne, Icel. sunna, Goth. sunna; perh. fr. same root as L. sol. [root]297. Cf. {Solar}, {South}.] 1. The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sun and planet wheels — Sun Sun, n. [OE. sunne, sonne, AS. sunne; akin to OFries. sunne, D. zon, OS. & OHG. sunna, G. sonne, Icel. sunna, Goth. sunna; perh. fr. same root as L. sol. [root]297. Cf. {Solar}, {South}.] 1. The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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