SOLAR CONSTANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does solar constant mean? 

• SOLAR CONSTANT (noun)
  The noun SOLAR CONSTANT has 1 sense:

1. the rate at which radiant solar energy is received at the outer layer of the earth's atmosphere

  Familiarity information: SOLAR CONSTANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLAR CONSTANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The rate at which radiant solar energy is received at the outer layer of the earth's atmosphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("solar constant" is a kind of...):

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)