ˈsunlighting, vbl. n.
[f. sunlight n. + -ing1.]
1. The process, degree, etc., of the illumination of buildings by sunlight.
| 1961 [see daylighting vbl. n. 2]. 1977 Washington Post 10 Apr. b5/1 Maximum sunlighting and, therefore, heat capture are assured in the winter when the sun is low. |
2. (See quot. 1977.)
| 1977 D. N. Baron in Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 Oct. 1080/1 If taking on paid outside work during night-time hours is moonlighting then let us call doing outside work (though unpaid) during daytime hours sunlighting. 1978 Lancet 14 Jan. 89/2 Then follow 3–4 years of internship or residency training..with opportunities of moonlighting and sunlighting. 1983 N.Y. Times 7 Feb. a2/3 Bureaucrats [in Madrid] practiced moonlighting to such an extent it turned into sunlighting. |