insolation
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French, from Latin insolatio (“a setting or placing in the sun”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
[edit] Noun
insolation (usually uncountable; plural insolations)
- Exposure to the rays of the sun.
- (meteorology) The incident radiant energy emitted by the sun which reaches a unit horizontal area of the Earth's surface; the rate of delivery of such radiation
- The act or process to exposing to the rays of the sun for the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.
- (medicine) sunstroke.
- (medicine) A sun bath.
[edit] See also
Insolation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[edit] French
[edit] Noun
insolation f.
- sunstroke (heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays)
This French entry was created from the translations listed at sunstroke. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see insolation in the French Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) February 2010
