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so·lar·i·um

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–noun, plural -lar·i·ums, -lar·i·a

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a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.

[Origin: 1815–25; < L sōlārium balcony, terrace, equiv. to sōl the sun + -ārium -ary

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so·lar·i·um Audio Help (sō-lâr'ē-əm, sə-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. so·lar·i·a (-ē-ə) or so·lar·i·ums
A room, gallery, or glassed-in porch exposed to the sun.

[Latin sōlārium, terrace, flat housetop, from sōl, sun; see sāwel- in Indo-European roots.]

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solarium

1891, "part of a house exposed to the sun," earlier "sundial" (1842), from L. solarium "sundial," also "a flat housetop," lit. "that which is exposed to the sun," from sol "sun" (see sol).

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solarium
noun
a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun [syn: sun parlor]

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Solarium

Per*spec"tive\, a. [L. perspicere, perspectum, to look through; per + spicere, specere, to look: cf. F. perspectif; or from E. perspective, n. See Spy, n.]

1. Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical. [Obs.] --Bacon.

2. Pertaining to the art, or in accordance with the laws, of perspective.

Perspective plane, the plane or surface on which the objects are delineated, or the picture drawn; the plane of projection; -- distinguished from the ground plane, which is that on which the objects are represented as standing. When this plane is oblique to the principal face of the object, the perspective is called oblique perspective; when parallel to that face, parallel perspective.

Perspective shell (Zo["o]l.), any shell of the genus Solarium and allied genera. See Solarium.

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