Glossary entry

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!
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Nov 7, 2016 08:31: Oleg Lozinskiy Created KOG entry

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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...

Peer comment(s):

agree Trans-lit
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Спасибо за поддержку!
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Russian term (edited): со стороны (в сторону) солнца

from or toward the Sun

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in the sun

As they used to say in the RFC in the First World War:
"Beware of the Hun in the sun!"
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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
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