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heliometer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
he-liome-ter
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An astronomical instrument, based on a telescope, for measuring the diameter of the sun; now used to measure the angular distance between stars and other celestial bodies.

Etymology

From helio- + -meter, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος (Hḗlios), from ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”), and French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

heliometers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

heliometric heliometry

Questions

What does heliometer mean?
An astronomical instrument, based on a telescope, for measuring the diameter of the sun; now used to measure the angular distance between stars and other celestial bodies.
Where does heliometer come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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