Insolation

insolation
    n 1: sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive
         heat [syn: {sunstroke}, {insolation}, {thermic fever},
         {siriasis}]
    2: incident solar radiation
    3: therapeutic exposure to sunlight [syn: {heliotherapy},
       {insolation}]
    

Insolation \In`so*la"tion\, n. [L. insolatio: cf. F.
   insolation.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. The act or process to exposing to the rays of the sun for
      the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc.,
      or of rendering acid, as vinegar.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Med.)
      (a) A sunstroke.
      (b) Exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; a sun bath.
          [1913 Webster]

   3. (Meteorology) The amount of sunlight impinging on the
      Earth's surface.
      [PJC]
    

37 Moby Thesaurus words for "insolation":
      air-drying, anhydration, calefaction, calenture, cooking,
      coup de soleil, dehumidification, dehydration, desiccation,
      dielectric heating, drainage, drying, drying up, electric heating,
      electronic heating, evaporation, furnace heating, gas heating,
      heat exchange, heat prostration, heating, hot-air heating,
      increase of temperature, induction heating, mummification,
      oil heating, panel heating, radiant heating, recalescence,
      steam heating, sunstroke, superheating, tepefaction, thermic fever,
      torrefaction, warming, withering