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so·lar·i·um    Audio Help   [suh-lair-ee-uhm, soh-] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -lar·i·ums, -lar·i·a    Audio Help   [-lair-ee-uh] Pronunciation Key.
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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Main Entry: so·lar·i·um
Pronunciation: sO-'lar-E-&m, s&-, -'ler-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural so·lar·ia /-E-&/ also -ums
: a room (as in a hospital) used especially for sunbathing or therapeutic exposure to light

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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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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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Solarium

So*la"ri*um\, n.; pl. Solaria. [L. See Solar, n.]

1. An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral shells of the genus Solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical, and usually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls. Called also perspective shell.
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Solarium

So*la"ri*um\, n.; pl. Solaria. [L. See Solar, n.]

1. An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral shells of the genus Solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical, and usually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls. Called also perspective shell.
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Sun"di`al\, n. An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate.

Sundial shell (Zo["o]l.), any shell of the genus Solarium. See Solarium.
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