Definition of Solar radiation

1. Noun. Radiation from the sun.

Generic synonyms: Radiation
Specialized synonyms: Insolation, Flare, Solar Flare, Solar Prominence, Solar Wind

Definition of Solar radiation

1. Noun. (astronomy) All the electromagnetic radiation and subatomic particles radiated from the Sun, especially that part that reaches the Earth ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solar Radiation

solar maculopathy
solar magnetic field
solar month
solar nebula
solar nebulae
solar nebulas
solar noon
solar panel
solar panels
solar parallax
solar physics
solar plexus
solar power
solar prominence
solar radiation (current term)
solar reject
solar rejects
solar retinopathy
solar sail
solar sails
solar still
solar system
solar systems
solar telescope
solar therapy
solar thermal system
solar time
solar topee
solar tracker

Literary usage of Solar radiation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"II Astrophys J 45:206-12 Ap '17 Radiation See solar radiation Rotation Desirability of observations of the solar rotation at the times of eclipse. ..."

2. The Sun by Charles Greeley Abbot (1911)
"62 are slightly curved, and if continued on in straight lines to zero atmospheric thickness they fall below the real intensity of total solar radiation ..."

3. The Sun by Charles Greeley Abbot (1911)
"Dependence of solar radiation on Air Mass.—The Transmission of the Atmosphere.—The "Solar Constant of Radiation."—The Light of the Sky. ..."

4. Bulletin by Mount Weather Observatory, Bluemont, Va, United States Weather Bureau (1913)
"Direct solar radiation intensities.—In Table 1 are given monthly values of solar radiation intensities measured at Pare Saint Maur, Paris, France (2); ..."

5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
"See also solar radiation. Radiation, Solar. See solar radiation. Radical judge; story. A. Fitch. McClure. SI: 05-73. My. '08. Radical of '85, pseud. ..."

6. Physics of the Air by William Jackson Humphreys (1920)
"It is also obvious that, although each of these substances is an effective absorber in the region of appreciable to strong solar radiation, their joint ..."

7. Smithsonian Physical Tables by Smithsonian Institution, Frederick Eugene Fowle (1916)
"Possibly too high because of increased humidity towards noon. A&E 175. — The Intensity of solar radiation In different Motions of the spectrum, ultra-violet ..."

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