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n. - Therapeutic exposure to sunlight; Incident solar radiation; Sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat.

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  • It would correspond to maximum insolation, which is roughly 1,000 watts / m
  • These mists, however, are now clearing away for the tornado-season, and 'insolation' will become more decided.
  • Form of Driving Energy: solar radiation (insolation)
  • Earth-Sun relationships and insolation - Encyclopedia of Earth
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