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Insolation

Insolation Meaning & Definition
Insolation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Insolation?

[n] therapeutic exposure to sunlight
[n] incident solar radiation
[n] sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat

Synonyms | Synonyms for Insolation: heliotherapy | siriasis | sunstroke | thermic fever

Related Terms | Find terms related to Insolation: air-drying | anhydration | calefaction | calenture | cooking | coup de soleil | dehumidification | dehydration | desiccation | dielectric heating | drainage | drying | drying up | electric heating | electronic heating | evaporation | furnace heating | gas heating | heat exchange | heat prostration | heating | hot-air heating | increase of temperature | induction heating | mummification | oil heating | panel heating | radiant heating | recalescence | steam heating | sunstroke | superheating | tepefaction | thermic fever | torrefaction | warming | withering

See Also | heat hyperpyrexia | heatstroke | solar radiation | therapy

Insolation In Webster's Dictionary

\In`so*la"tion\, n. [L. insolatio: cf. F. insolation.] 1. The act or process to exposing to the rays of the sun fro the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar. 2. (Med.) (a) A sunstroke. (b) Exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; a sun bath.

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