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单词 insolation
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Definition of insolation in English:

insolation

noun ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌɪnsəˈleɪʃ(ə)n
mass nountechnical
  • 1Exposure to the sun's rays.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In summer, various shading devices including adjustable sun protecting blinds and coloured curtains reduce insolation.
    • More exposed microsites receive more insolation, which may be energetically advantageous to incubating birds.
    • The perforation pattern was carefully designed to maintain visual connectivity to the exterior while minimizing glare and insolation.
    • While not advocating planar glazing, I wonder if there couldn't have been a less strident approach to making the glass walls, which themselves are causing some problems of insolation and glare.
    • The glass panels are in fact triple-glazed units, with blinds in the wider cavity automatically activated to cut down insolation.
    1. 1.1 The amount of solar radiation reaching a given area.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the annual cycle experiments, however, low winter insolation causes the seaways to freeze.
      • Long-term changes in the Earth's orbit are believed to cause a redistribution of insolation across both hemispheres, and these changes, in turn, lead to changes in climate.
      • Actual insolation at Earth's surface and latitude ~ 33° N, some weeks after the autumnal equinox, will of course be less than this; let's call it an even 1 kilowatt per square meter.
      • Surface temperature affects the extent of habitat suitable for temperature sensitive species and is directly linked to insolation, air temperature, and wind.
      • The procedure selected the following four variables: direct insolation, slope, Ca and total nitrogen.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin insolatio(n-), from the verb insolare, from in- 'towards' + sol 'sun'.

 
 

Definition of insolation in US English:

insolation

nounˌɪnsəˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌinsəˈlāSH(ə)n
technical
  • 1Exposure to the sun's rays.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The glass panels are in fact triple-glazed units, with blinds in the wider cavity automatically activated to cut down insolation.
    • The perforation pattern was carefully designed to maintain visual connectivity to the exterior while minimizing glare and insolation.
    • More exposed microsites receive more insolation, which may be energetically advantageous to incubating birds.
    • While not advocating planar glazing, I wonder if there couldn't have been a less strident approach to making the glass walls, which themselves are causing some problems of insolation and glare.
    • In summer, various shading devices including adjustable sun protecting blinds and coloured curtains reduce insolation.
    1. 1.1 The amount of solar radiation reaching a given area.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Long-term changes in the Earth's orbit are believed to cause a redistribution of insolation across both hemispheres, and these changes, in turn, lead to changes in climate.
      • Surface temperature affects the extent of habitat suitable for temperature sensitive species and is directly linked to insolation, air temperature, and wind.
      • In the annual cycle experiments, however, low winter insolation causes the seaways to freeze.
      • The procedure selected the following four variables: direct insolation, slope, Ca and total nitrogen.
      • Actual insolation at Earth's surface and latitude ~ 33° N, some weeks after the autumnal equinox, will of course be less than this; let's call it an even 1 kilowatt per square meter.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin insolatio(n-), from the verb insolare, from in- ‘towards’ + sol ‘sun’.

 
 
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