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Word: Heliometer
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century: from helio- ‘of the sun’ + -meter (because it was originally used for measuring the diameter of the sun)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌhiːlɪˈɒmɪtə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a refracting telescope with a split objective lens, used for finding the angular distance between two stars.
Short Definition:refracting telescope with split objective lens, used for finding angular distance between two stars
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