insolation

English

Etymology

From French, from Latin insolatio (“a setting or placing in the sun”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

insolation (usually uncountable; plural insolations)

1. The incident radiant energy emitted by the sun which reaches a unit area over a period of time, typically measured over a horizontal area at the Earth's surface or at the top of Earth's atmosphere.
2. The rate of delivery of such radiation.
3. The act or process of exposing to the rays of the sun, such as for the purpose of medical treatment, drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.
4. (medicine, dated) sunstroke.

Synonyms

• (exposure as medical treatment): sunbath

Translations

sun's radiant energy per unit area

• Finnish: insolaatio (fi), auringonsäteily (fi)

rate of delivery

• Finnish: insolaatio (fi), auringonsäteilyn voimakkuus (fi)

exposure to the rays of the sun

• Finnish: aurinkohoito (fi) (medical treatment), aurinkokylpy (fi) (chiefly cosmetic treatment); aurinkokuivaus (fi) (drying); aurinkokypsytys (fi) (maturing)

medicine: sunstroke — see sunstroke

See also

• Insolation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Noun

insolation f (plural insolations)

1. sunstroke, insolation (heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays)