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Definition of insolation noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

insolation

noun
 
/ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃn/
 
/ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃn/
[uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. the amount of light from the sun that reaches a particular area
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin insolatio(n-), from the verb insolare, from in- ‘towards’ + sol ‘sun’.
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