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Insolation   Listen
noun
Insolation  n.  
1.
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.
2.
(Med.)
(a)
A sunstroke.
(b)
Exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; a sun bath.
3.
(Meteorology) The amount of sunlight impinging on the Earth's surface.





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"Insolation" Quotes from Famous Books



... was kept up a clear wood fire. I was informed that in three days the fruit would be ready for pounding and boiling; and that the butter thus manufactured is preferable to that which is prepared from the fruit dried in the sun, especially in the rainy season, when the process by insolation is always ...
— Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa • Mungo Park


Words linked to "Insolation" :   siriasis, thermic fever, heat hyperpyrexia, insolate, therapy, heliotherapy


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