INSOLATION Synonyms

• vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain

• the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience

• the disclosure of something secret

• aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces

• the state of being vulnerable or exposed

• the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate

• a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format

• the act of exposing film to light

• presentation to view in an open or public manner

• abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)

• the condition of being exposed to radiation

• a column of light (as from a beacon)

• (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex

• the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background

• (Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus

• (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

• energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles

• the act of spreading outward from a central source

• syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours

• the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay

• the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats

• a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain

• (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

• the rays of the sun

• therapeutic exposure to sunlight

• sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat

• sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat

• A period spent tanning (sunbathing) in the sun.

• sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat