insolation
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- noun
- /ˌɪn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/
- Specialized
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radiación solar
- Researchers study how insolation affects local climate patterns and seasonal temperature variations.
- solar insolation
- increase the insolation
- insolation curve
I described no water, no insolation.
- I described no water, no insolation.
Examples
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Here's an interesting plot of solar insolation at 65 degrees north over time.
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The time interval between maximum daily insolation and maximum daily temperature is a couple of hours.
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Whereas insolation changes gradually, wind energy can vary greatly within a mile.
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Between Dec. and Jun., the Mohave has 70% of the insolation, not 25%.
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Rich alluvial soils, dry air, and year-long insolation are natural resources basic to the development of grape and melon cultivation.
Academic text (1994) -
There is a remarkable statistical correlation between June solar insolation at 65 degrees north and ice-volume changes—99%.
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The architect designed the building to maximize solar radiation and increase insolation during the winter months.
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Farmers monitor the levels of insolation to optimize growing conditions for their crops.
Synonyms
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Light and heat from the Sun that reach the Earth
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The amount of light that falls on a surface
Antonyms
How Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
insolation = insolate (semi-transparent) = in + sol + ate + ion
The nominalization from 'insolate' to indicate an amount of solar radiation is regular, but the technical meteorological sense is specialized.
Etymology
Insolation is built from sol 'sun' and in- 'in', and it can mean how much sunlight falls on a place over time, like the solar energy a region receives. So insolation is used to talk about the amount of sunlight reaching an area.