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Insolation

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Noun

1. insolation, siriasis, sunstroke, thermic fever

sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat

2. insolation

incident solar radiation

3. heliotherapy, insolation

therapeutic exposure to sunlight

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Insolation

see synonyms of insolation
noun
1. 
the quantity of solar radiation falling upon a body or planet, esp per unit area
2. 
exposure to the sun's rays
3.  a former name for sunstroke

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Insolation

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noun
1. 
the act or an instance of insolating
2. 
the treatment of disease by exposure to the sun's rays
3. 
sunstroke
4.  Meteorology
a. 
the radiation from the sun received by a surface, esp. the earth's surface
b. 
the rate of such radiation per unit of surface

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Insolation

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n.
1.
a. The act or an instance of exposing to sunlight.
b. Therapeutic exposure to sunlight.
2. See sunstroke.
3.
a. The solar radiation striking Earth or another planet.
b. The rate of delivery of solar radiation per unit of horizontal surface.

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