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solar radiation

n. (context astronomy English) All the electromagnetic radiation and subatomic particles radiated from the Sun, especially that part that reaches the Earth

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solar radiation

n. radiation from the sun

Usage examples of "solar radiation".

The theory is that because of a fall in solar radiation of about 6 percent and a dropoff in the production (or retention) of greenhouse gases, Earth essentially lost its ability to hold on to its heat.

The Sun is a continuous source of a possible propulsive force, namely, solar radiation pressure.

Industry, of course, by releasing smoke and other particulates into the atmosphere, cutting down incoming solar radiation.

Without the shield they'd be cooked by the next solar radiation storm.

Like the rings of the other Jovian planets, those of Neptune seem to be evanescent-it is calculated that gravity and solar radiation will disrupt them in much less than the age of the Solar System.

The water was sufficient to protect its occupants from cosmic and solar radiation.

Don't forget the three disks of the inner equatorial shell may be a lot smaller, but they're closer to the star, and they intercept exactly as much solar radiation as if they were big disks in the outer orbit.

There is no solar radiation now, so you may, see my world and know what is in store for all the others.

The intensity of solar radiation outside the atmosphere is about six times greater than on the ground, which isn’.

But we have never been headed so that the mass of the ship would protect that sightseeing room from solar radiation, so it has been locked off this whole trip.

On its dark side the thinnest of atmospheres, boiled from the rock by the solar radiation, smashed free of it by the impact of meteorites, carried some tiny warmth to relieve what was otherwise a freezing cold nearly as absolute as that of Pluto.

The surface membrane of the Eldest, Rosalind noticed with professional interest, seemed to have thickened and was less transparent, presumably to protect him from the air or solar radiation.

The habitat was self-contained and isolated except for the water supply and simulated solar radiation.