INSOLATION
\ˌɪnsəlˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌɪnsəlˈeɪʃən], \ˌɪ_n_s_ə_l_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of INSOLATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William R. Warner
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The act or condition of being heated by the sun. "The comparative calmness of the atmosphere, the clearness of the sky, the dryness of the air, and the strong insolation which took place under these circumstances."-Encyc. Brit.
By Daniel Lyons
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Exposure to the sun. Exposure of a patient to the rays of the sun is, sometimes, had recourse to, with the view of rousing the vital forces when languishing, or of producing irritation of the skin. Insolation is occasionally used in the same sense as coup de soleil. In Pharmacy, insolation means the drying of chemical and pharmaceutical substances.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland