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Definition of Solar constant
1. Noun. The rate at which radiant solar energy is received at the outer layer of the earth's atmosphere.
Definition of Solar constant
1. Noun. The amount of incoming solar radiation per unit area, measured on the outer surface of Earth's atmosphere, in a plane perpendicular to the rays. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solar Constant
Literary usage of Solar constant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Smithsonian Physical Tables by Smithsonian Institution, Thomas Gray (1896)
"THE solar constant. TABLE 184. The " solar constant " is the amount ... most probable
value of the solar constant," or that " at the earth's mean distance, ..."
2. The Sun by Charles Greeley Abbot (1911)
"The "solar constant of Radiation. "—The Light of the Sky.—The Dependence of the
Earth's Temperature on Radiation.—Fluctuation of Solar Emission. ..."
3. The Sun by Charles Greeley Abbot (1911)
"The "solar constant of Radiation."—The Light of the Sky.—The Dependence of the
Earth's Temperature on Radiation.—Fluctuation of Solar Emission. ..."
4. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1904)
"The solar constant.1 — The quantity of heat received in one minute from the sun
at his mean distance from the earth, by one square centimetre of a perfectly ..."
5. A Textbook of Physics by John Henry Poynting, Joseph John Thomson (1906)
"... Law—Constants of Radiation—Radiation from Surfaces which Absorb Selectively—Rate
of Solar Radiation—solar constant— ..."
6. A Text-book of Physics: Heat by John Henry Poynting, Joseph John Thomson (1906)
"... Petit's Law—Rosetti's Law—Stefan's Law—Constants of Radiation—Radiation from
Surfaces which Absorb Selectively—Rate of Solar Radiation—solar constant— ..."
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