heliograph
/ˈhiː.li.əˌɡɹæf/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A heliogram.
noun
An instrument for measuring the intensity of sunlight.
noun
A device for photographing the sun.
Example Sentences
- "Now Jones had left his new-wed bride to keep his house in order, / And hied away to the Hurrum Hills above the Afghan border, / To sit on a rock with a heliograph; but ere he left he taught / His wife the working of the Code that sets the miles at naught. / And Love had made him very sage, as Nature made her fair; / So Cupid and Apollo linked, per heliograph, the pair."
- "It was a lieutenant and a couple of privates of the 8th Hussars, with a stand like a theodolite, which the artilleryman told me was a heliograph."
- "when we stood up at nightfall we saw, in the sunset, the sparkle of the heliograph above cities, on the far side of the horizon."
- "With damnatory dot and dash he heliographed his wife / Some interesting details of the General's private life."
- "'Oh yes, you're Mr Bryce. Cabana Number One, right down on the beach. Mr Leiter's been expecting you since lunchtime. And...?' She heliographed with her pince-nez towards Solitaire. 'Mrs Bryce,' said Bond."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhiː.li.əˌɡɹæf/