Aaron Burr - Founding Patriot. I have never known the prejudice in favor of birth, parentage and descent, more conspicuous than in the instance of Col. Burr. That gentleman was connected by blood with many respectable families in New England.
Definition of sunspot for English Language Learners. astronomy : a dark spot that sometimes appears on the surface of the sun. See words that rhyme with sunspot Spanish Central: Translation of sunspot Nglish: Translation of sunspot for Spanish speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about sunspot.
Sunspots are storms on the sunâs surface that are marked by intense magnetic activity and play host to solar flares and hot gassy ejections from the sunâs corona. Scientists believe that the number of spots on the sun cycles over time, reaching a peakâthe so-called Solar Maximumâevery 11 years or so.