Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

helioscope

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
he-lio-scope
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An apparatus for viewing the Sun without harming the eye, by means of an optical filter that attenuates most of the sunlight while allowing only a small amount of the solar radiation.

Etymology

From helio- + -scope.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

helioscopes (plural)

Derived Forms

helioscopic spectrohelioscope

Questions

What does helioscope mean?
An apparatus for viewing the Sun without harming the eye, by means of an optical filter that attenuates most of the sunlight while allowing only a small amount of the solar radiation.
Where does helioscope come from?
From helio- + -scope.

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