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, suojakerroin
• 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
• Swedish: solskyddsfaktor c