Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of irradiating; emission of rays of light.
- n. An appearance of radiated light; luster; splendor.
Wiktionary
- n. physics The radiant power received by unit area of surface
- n. The act of irradiating; emission of rays of light.
- n. That which irradiates or is irradiated; lustre; splendour; brilliancy.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of irradiating; emission of rays of light.
- n. That which irradiates or is irradiated; luster; splendor; irradiation; brilliancy.
Examples
“In that case, the negative forcing, relative to the mean solar irradiance is equivalent to seven years of CO2 increase at current growth rates. â”
“In that case, the negative forcing, relative to the mean solar irradiance is equivalent to seven years of CO2 increase at current growth rates.”
“The effects of clouds were smaller, accounting for a maximum of 40% and an average of 12% of the short-term irradiance variability.”
Long-term change and variability in surface UV irradiance in the Arctic
“Albedo-related effects were strongest at Sodankylä during the month of May, accounting for a maximum of 21% and an average of 7% of the short-term irradiance variability.”
Long-term change and variability in surface UV irradiance in the Arctic
“The long-term increase in solar irradiance is heating both Earth and Mars," he said.”
“The long-term increase in solar irradiance is heating both Earth and Mars.”
Al Gore needed for Mars and Neptune mission — Meandering Passage
“Their estimate was a solar change in irradiance of roughly 0.1 % averaged over each solar cycle.”
“Since there is no lens at which to project an image, the irradiance from the loudspeaker to the plate is quite uniform.”
“As the paper said, "substantiating the detecting of long-term irradiance impacts on climate requires stability that surpasses that of the total irradiance record" - the 32-year record assembled from instruments on satellites beyond the Earth's atmosphere.”
“Astronomers were once so convinced of the sun's constancy, they called the irradiance of the sun "the solar constant," and they set out to measure it as they would any constant of Nature.”
Lists
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summer words 2009
how many words can I make mine this summer?
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discoveries
These are lexical items new to me that I've discovered in actual use (i.e. not in dictionaries, lists, or this site).
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