"solar constant" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. The amount of incoming solar radiation per unit area, measured on the outer surface of Earth's atmosphere, in a plane perpendicular to the rays. Wikipedia link: solar constant Synonyms: S_☉ [symbol] Translations (amount of incoming solar radiation per unit area): aurinkovakio (Finnish), constante solaire [feminine] (French), Solarkonstante [feminine] (German), napállandó (Hungarian), costante solare [feminine] (Italian), constante solar [feminine] (Portuguese), constante solar [feminine] (Spanish), solarkonstant [common-gender] (Swedish)
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