solarization
7.6
Exposing soil or objects to strong sun to kill pests and germs
- noun
- /ˌsoʊlərɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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solarización
- The process of solarization involves placing clear plastic over the soil to trap heat and disinfect it.
- soil solarization
- solarization process
Examples
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Solarization is extreme in that it kills everything under the plastic: all the good beasties and soil critters as well as the weeds.
Blog text (22) -
The woman who was my inspiration for this round of solarization did a lot of her work with slides.
Academic text (2003) -
If you have never tried solarization in your darkroom, maybe now is the time to try.
Academic text (2003) -
Gardeners often use solarization to improve soil health by exposing it to intense sunlight.
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In agricultural practice, solarization can effectively reduce weeds and pests by heating the soil.
Surface Forms
solarization singular
solarizations plural
Morphology
Etymology
Solarization comes from solar, which traces back to the Latin sol 'sun'. It originally means exposing soil or objects to the sun to warm and often sterilize them, so the root 'sun' explains the process of using sunlight to treat things.
