Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
со стороны солнца
English translation:
downsun
Added to glossary by
Oleg Lozinskiy
Nov 2, 2016 10:39
7 yrs ago
Russian term
со стороны солнца
Russian to English
Other
Military / Defense
Недостатки существующих учебно-тренировочных средств [для обучения работе с ПЗРК]:
- невозможность тренировок по боевой работе по целям, заходящим со стороны (в сторону) солнца
Спасибо!
- невозможность тренировок по боевой работе по целям, заходящим со стороны (в сторону) солнца
Спасибо!
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +1 | downsun | Oleg Lozinskiy |
4 | in the sun | Jack Doughty |
4 | sunward/antisunward | Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. |
3 | from or toward the Sun | rns |
Change log
Nov 7, 2016 08:31: Oleg Lozinskiy Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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downsun
downsun
adverb
Military Us
(Taking place or situated) in the direction away from the sun; with one's back to the sun; frequently in Military contexts.
Origin
1950s ; earliest use found in Woodford Heflin (1903–1990).
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/downsun
downsun
adverb (or adjective)
: in a direction from or out of the sun <a downsun attack by an aircraft>
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downsun
Соответственно, в сторону солнца <-> sunward
http://dic.academic.ru/searchall.php?SWord=sunward&from=xx&t...
adverb
Military Us
(Taking place or situated) in the direction away from the sun; with one's back to the sun; frequently in Military contexts.
Origin
1950s ; earliest use found in Woodford Heflin (1903–1990).
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/downsun
downsun
adverb (or adjective)
: in a direction from or out of the sun <a downsun attack by an aircraft>
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downsun
Соответственно, в сторону солнца <-> sunward
http://dic.academic.ru/searchall.php?SWord=sunward&from=xx&t...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
7 mins
50 mins
in the sun
As they used to say in the RFC in the First World War:
"Beware of the Hun in the sun!"
"Beware of the Hun in the sun!"
1 hr
sunward/antisunward
Directed or turned toward the sun
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sunward
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Toward or at the sun
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sunward
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toward the sun
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunward
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sunward
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Toward or at the sun
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sunward
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toward the sun
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunward
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