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insolation definition

in·so·la·tion (in′sō lā′s̸hən)

noun

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

Etymology: L insolatio

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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