solar constant

1. 1.

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

   Broaderrate

Questions about solar constant

What does solar constant mean?

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

Is solar constant a common word?

solar constant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.