sun protection factor

sun protection factor

English

Noun

sun protection factor (plural sun protection factors) (abbreviated as SPF)

1. An indication of how long a sunscreen remains effective when applied to the skin.

   If someone normally burns in 10 minutes with no sunscreen, then a sunscreen with sun protection factor 20 will provide protection for up to 20x10 = 200 minutes

Translations

an indication of how long a sunscreen remains effective

Chinese: Mandarin: 防曬係數, 防晒系数 (fángshài xìshù), 防曬指數, 防晒指数 (fángshài zhǐshù), 防日光係數, 防日光系数 (fángrìguāng xìshù) Finnish: auringonsuojakerroin French: indice de protection solaire m German: Lichtschutzfaktor (de) m

Norwegian: Bokmål: solfaktor m Nynorsk: solfaktor m Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: factor de protección solar m