insolation

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (uncountable, usually) 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. (uncountable, usually) The rate of delivery of such radiation.
3. (uncountable, usually) 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. (dated, uncountable, usually) sunstroke.

Sinonieme

sunstroke

thermic fever

siriasis

heliotherapy

sunshine

sun bath

seiriasis

sunlight exposure

albedo

sun radiation

heatstroke

heliosis

solar radiation

Vertalings

insolación

insolazione

insolation

insolação

insolació

Sonnenbestrahlung

ensoleillement

تشميس

Sonneneinstrahlung

Sonnenstich

albedo

exposition à la lumière du soleil

الإشماس

ηλιασμός

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌɪnsoʊˈleɪʃən/

Etimologie (Engels)

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