sunlight in a sentence
Example sentences for sunlight
One is through photovoltaic panels, which transform sunlight directly to electricity.
Solar thermal systems use mirrors to focus sunlight, generating temperatures high enough to produce steam to drive a turbine.
Other methods include spraying seawater mist from ships toward low-lying clouds, which would then reflect more sunlight.
Sunlight bores in through a few knotholes in the siding.
Sunlight is free energy, but the equipment that captures it and turns it into usable electricity can be costly.
Rooftop gardens require particularly unfussy plants since they get direct sunlight and sporadic water.
The temperature of the sun is such that it supports a nuclear-fusion reaction that generates bright sunlight.
Spots where the atmosphere is denser block more sunlight than spots where it is thinner.
Nature has favored genes for tall stalks, because in nature plants must compete for access to sunlight.
Hot sunlight can't help but glint from a bumper and produce a faint reflection of the windshield on a garage door.
Green algae may rely on quantum computing to turn sunlight into food.
Throngs of students were out that day, lounging in the kind of late-summer sunlight that keeps brochure photographers in business.
Bookshelves line three of its walls from floor to ceiling, and two windows let in a cheery amount of sunlight.
Particles thrown into the atmosphere by volcanic eruptions are known to cause a global cooling effect by reflecting back sunlight.
Garden microclimates are influenced by hills and hollows, sunlight, and structures.
Conventional photovoltaic cells, made of silicon, are designed to collect energy from the wavelengths of sunlight.
There is the gradual stirring in response to the warming pink glow of sunlight on the eyelids.
Perhaps it's because flu viruses flourish in cool temperatures and are killed by exposure to sunlight.
In the background, sunlight dances over a hedge of yellow flowers.
It will start giving us our first real pictures from sunlight reflected off the planet's atmosphere.
Focusing sunlight into a tiny space can increase the amount of available energy and drive down the price per watt.
Clouds cool the planet by reflecting sunlight back into space.
E-paper reflects light instead of emitting it, which makes it less power hungry and easier to read in bright sunlight.
Its skin was dark gray, glinting in the sunlight, with mottled white dots.
Set up the solar stove on a flat surface with unobstructed sunlight.
To make more plants, break off a one- to three-segment piece and set it in a warm place out of direct sunlight to callus.
But above it is a thick smog, made of organic compounds broken up by the sunlight.
The light emanates from molecules excited by sunlight or cosmic rays in the upper atmosphere.
Sunlight was shining on the aircraft, and some surfaces were more reflective and some less reflective.
Three crystalline liquor bottles glint in the sunlight refracted by a chrome lamp.
But our whole cultural evolution has been to remove us from sunlight.
Sunlight streamed through the winter-bare canopies of the tupelos and cypresses.
Dappled sunlight filters through the branches of ancient trees and a fountain creates cool music.
But in the future some robots will need to operate beyond the reach of power grids, sunlight, or helping human hands.
Move both indoor and outdoor plants out of direct sunlight.
Ice is pure white and reflects sunlight back into space.
Imagine a world where sunlight can be captured to produce electricity anywhere, on any surface.
The need for tablets that can be read in direct sunlight becomes more pressing.
E-book readers can be used outdoors and in direct sunlight indoors.
Silicon wafers are the core component in conventional solar cells--they're what absorbs sunlight and generates electrons.
He explained that his color was due to lack of sunlight.
The virus can be triggered by outside stress, such as exposure to sunlight, a fever or emotional distress.
Return unused product to original package and store in a dark place away from high temperatures, humidity, or direct sunlight.
Always go darker and browner than what you think you want, because full sunlight blows out color.
One is to reduce the amount of incoming sunlight that the planet absorbs.
It can be obtained from food or manufactured by human skin exposed to sunlight.
Moreover, because it had been buried, sunlight would not break it down.
They use no herbicides and have developed their own trellising system to admit maximum sunlight into the foliage.
That's called the zodiacal light, and is caused by the reflection of sunlight by dust in the plane of our solar system.
Ozone forms when sunlight reacts with various pollutants, so concentrations can soar on hot, sunny days.
At left a bird and a mountain symbolize the sunlight that emerges in the east every morning.
Needs protection from drying winds and strong, reflected sunlight.
The location of these craters means that parts of their floors never see direct sunlight.
Any amateur gardener knows plants need two things to survive: sunlight and water.
The dry sunlight and the green summer landscapes have been invested with a sinister quality which must be new in literature.
Sunlight streamed through a two-story bank of windows.
Tiny chemical particles thrown into the atmosphere reflect sunlight back into space.
Ward is more inclined toward orbiting sunshades that would cut down on the amount of sunlight hitting the planet.
Timrod described the dawn of the eventful day as the city in the broad sunlight of heroic deeds waited for the foe.
Researchers say they have moved a step closer to a cost-effective way to power automobiles with only sunlight and water.
One way to squeeze more power out of sunlight is to ensure that it always hits a solar panel at the ideal angle.
Open water also reflects a lot less sunlight than ice does, which lets the sun warm things up more as more water shows.
When sunlight hits a raindrop, some photons glance off the surface.
It is said in politics that sunlight is the best disinfectant.
The heart of the world lies open, leached and ticking with sunlight.
Sunshades in the stratosphere to reflect sunlight away from our planet.
Added to that, universities don't want the ideological make-up of their professors to undergo too much sunlight.
Further inspection revealed the source of the light: an underwater cavity that allows sunlight to filter in.
Looking up from a rain forest floor shows openings where sunlight gets through.
Keep the containers out of direct sunlight for a few days to let the transplants recover from the move.
And it can help with the efficient capture of sunlight to make electricity and non-fossil fuels.
Plankton in the open ocean need a precise mixture of sunlight in shallower waters and nutrients from the deep.
As sunlight drew away from the orchard, it came to him: the thread that bound their lives together.
In my memory, beyond the shadows of the hemlock the spring was always in a ray of sunlight.
Consider that cep patients learn early in life that sunlight is harmful and so leave their homes only at night.
Imagine a sculpture that could help make the air cleaner simply by sparkling in the sunlight.
Photo sensors dim lamps when sunlight is bright enough to read by.
What interests scientists is how these wings shimmer in sunlight.
Lightweight light-colored clothing reflects the sunlight and helps in keeping cool.
It all comes down to the precise amount of sunlight that hits your roof.
It shows video in color, and under full sunlight, but without draining the battery.
The startup isn't the first company to attempt to reduce costs by concentrating sunlight onto smaller solar cells.
Some even come through exposure to sunlight that can harm the eyes and the skin.
The fog was thinning, and there were rays of sunlight here and there.
At the same time, the extra sunlight causes more evaporation off the ocean, which adds to downpours in the western tropics.
It had long been dogged by a stereotype as a place for nerds and social misfits who shun sunlight and conversation.
It took long years of weary labor to make good the claim of the sunlight to such corners of the dens as it could reach at all.
Atmospheric oxygen comes from the splitting of water molecules, a combination of hydrogen and oxygen, by sunlight.
Spend time outdoors in the sunlight in your destination.
One is albedo-the posh scientific name for how much sunlight is absorbed by a planet's surface, and how much is reflected.
When the volcanoes erupted, they emit particles in the atmosphere that reflect sunlight and the planet cools.
It is especially desirable in southern climates where both harsh sunlight and frequent downpours occur.
Photos disappear into the sunlight, books get eaten by all sorts of insects and stuff.
Some clones turn a brilliant, shining yellow that almost seems to generate sunlight.
The graffiti-covered archways overhead let sunlight into the station.
Grazing animals are known to orient themselves to minimize heat loss by wind or maximize their exposure to sunlight.
Filmy white shades diffuse sunlight through the sitting area-helped by pale fabrics and rugs.
The temperature of the sun is such that it supports nuclear fusion that generates bright sunlight.
The answer: store sunlight as heat energy for such a rainy day.
When sunlight streams from above, they choose the see-through option.
The flashlight absorbs sunlight during the day through its handle and converts it into electric light at night.
Focus the same sunlight on a solar cell and you can generate plenty of electricity.
If a flavor can be verdant, here it is: the heady soul of a plant with leaves that marinate in sunlight.
Those deserts have tremendous energy resources in the form of sunlight.
The sunlight pours in through the window, translating color to vision.
For example, big windows placed on the sunny side of a building allow sunlight to heat-absorbent materials on the floor and walls.
Selecting a warm toned hue adds instant sunlight to any space.
Sunlight coming through the windows heats up the internal air which has nowhere to go as the air-conditioning struggles to cope.
Depending on the intensity of your sunlight, it should take an average of four hours to reach a full charge.
So few atoms are present that the total available energy is much less than that from ordinary sunlight.
He can feel a tremor of fresh sunlight, warm and warmer.
Everything goes blurry, and sunlight seems to reach his eyes bent every which way, as though he has suddenly slipped underwater.
Do make sure to set up your schedule so you get out in the sunlight.
It was interrupted in mid-construction by a lawsuit filed by local residents who objected to their loss of sunlight and views.
In the winter feeble sunlight breaks out for only an hour or two, if at all.
Bt breaks down quickly in sunlight, and several applications may be required to control an infestation.
Conventional photovoltaic cells, made of silicon, are designed to collect energy from sunlight.
Photovoltaic cells remain woefully inefficient at converting sunlight into electricity.
Basically, baboons have about a half dozen solid hours of sunlight a day to devote to being rotten to each other.
Silicon, in the form of photovoltaic cells, is good at generating electricity from sunlight.
Sunlight interacts with the skin to produce endorphins, natural opiates that send the brain a message of well-being.
Direct sunlight may injure the bracts, so use a shade or sheer curtain.
Eight columns form the basis of a roof that lets in shards of sunlight.
Corals and fish shine in sunlight trickling through to the shallow-water reef.
The unobtrusive panels protect the bamboo from rain but allow diffused sunlight to filter through.
Most of it will be supplied, belatedly, by the market itself-especially if it is bathed in the cleansing sunlight of transparency.
Meanwhile, sunlight also strikes the polymer, where it's converted to electricity.
When he looked away from the sun, his eyes were drawn to the cool shadow of a deer standing against the yellow ribbon of sunlight.
If you looked away from the site, at the buildings gleaming in the sunlight, it was almost as if nothing had happened.
It's the cloud of expanding gas that reflects sunlight and makes a comet bright, so there you go.
Collect sunlight and extract useful forms of energy from it, rather than expending energy on air conditioning.
Climate was cold and both of them are warming each other sleeping under the sunlight.
Sulfur dioxide combines with water vapor to form sulfuric acid particles that scatter, reflect, and absorb sunlight.
During the day, the monument appears gold in the sunlight and glows pink at night.
Airports can pose a far bigger threat to local air than previously recognized, thanks to the transformative power of sunlight.
For example, cooler weather causes fewer clouds, which reflect less sunlight.
Sunlight all over his face breaking the surface of something.
Biotechnology could be a great equalizer, spreading wealth over the world wherever there is land and air and water and sunlight.
Sunlight, wind, and waves aren't the only sources of renewable energy.
Focus enough sunlight on a sheet of paper and you can light a fire.
These spores are hardy little things, resistant to sunlight, heat and disinfectant.
On the one hand, it is kind of pretty, shiny things that catch the sunlight.
The blinding sunlight did not temper the cold, which cut the face and made the lungs ache.
The vine is invasive, killing anything it can overtake by blocking sunlight.
The bending of sunlight by the raindrops is the key to forming colorful rainbows.
Fruit, vegetable and fiber plants flourish with sunlight and water but so do plant pests and diseases.
Plants turn sunlight into energy using photosynthesis, but they rely on two slightly different forms of the process.
However, our biological clocks seem to need sunlight to stay set on a regular cycle.
Land and sunlight cannot be concentrated in cities but are spread more or less evenly over the planet.
The ash would have darkened the atmosphere, letting slightly less sunlight down.
We keep walking, and soon the sunlight stabbing through the trees signals a clearing.
Use guided inquiry to have students investigate direct and indirect sunlight.
Suffused with sunlight and open to a deck, the room allows easy indoor-outdoor living.
Fast-growing crops would be planted in the tropics, where sunlight is abundant.
Sunlight, which appears white to the human eye, is a mixture of all the colors of the rainbow.
The rain begins again, and water gleams in sunlight.
Sunlight filled the kitchen from the big window behind the sink.
The zodiacal light-the faint glow of sunlight reflected off interplanetary dust-is easiest to see about now.
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