Definition of Solarium

1. Noun. A room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun.

Exact synonyms: Sun Lounge, Sun Parlor, Sun Parlour, Sun Porch, Sunporch, Sunroom
Generic synonyms: Room

Definition of Solarium

1. n. An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents.

Definition of Solarium

1. Noun. An establishment with sunbeds in it or where one can rent sunbeds. ¹

2. Noun. A room, with many windows, exposed to the sun ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Solarium

1. a room exposed to the sun [n -IA or -IUMS]

Medical Definition of Solarium

1. Origin: L. See Solar. 1. An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents. 2. Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral shells of the genus Solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical, and usually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls. Synonym: perspective shell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solarium

solar year
solar years
solaria
solarimeter
solarimeters
solarisation
solarisations
solarise
solarised
solarises
solarising
solarism
solarisms
solarist
solarists
solarium (current term)
solariums
solarization
solarizations
solarize
solarized
solarizes
solarizing
solars
solartype
solary
solas
solasonine
solastalgia
solastalgias

Literary usage of Solarium

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

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Sun rooms Cottage solarium. IF Cooke. il House В 40: Country Life 31:40 N '16 Sun spots 204 S '16 New Idea in glass-enclosed porches, il plans Has the ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1845)
"10, 1845, by the President, G. Newport, FRCS Description of a new species of solarium. By RB HINDS, Esq., RN solarium ..."

3. The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome: A Companion Book for Students and by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1897)
"HOROLOGIUM or solarium (sun-dial). — Pliny (xxxvi. 10), speaking of the obelisks removed from Egypt to Rome by the first Emperors, says that Augustus had ..."

4. The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome: A Companion Book for Students and by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1897)
"... HOROLOGIUM or solarium (sun-dial). — Pliny (xxxvi. 10), speaking of the obelisks removed from Egypt to Rome by the first Emperors, says that Augustus ..."

5. Roman Antiquities by Alexander Adam, John Richardson Major (1835)
"... from Catana in Sicily, in the first Punic war, AU 481, Plin. vii. 60. Gell, ex Plant, iii. 3.* Hence, ad solarium versari, for in faro, Cic. Quint. 18. ..."

6. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1914)
"... The Perfected solarium w 0™f ^07 Mr. B^bank has now developed the fruit A Inter ... solarium ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Solarium on Dictionary.com!Search for Solarium on Thesaurus.com!Search for Solarium on Google!Search for Solarium on Wikipedia!

Search