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heliography

heliography noun: the scientific study of the Sun.

Noun

heliography (uncountable)

  1. The scientific study of the Sun.
  2. The art of making a heliograph.
  3. The system of signalling by heliograph.
  4. (obsolete) Photography.

Origin of heliography

From helio- + -graphy.

Words formed from heliography

Words that rhyme with heliography

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Questions about heliography

What does heliography mean?
Heliography means the scientific study of the Sun.
What part of speech is heliography?
Heliography is a noun.

Words near heliography in the dictionary

  1. heliographic
  2. heliographical
  3. heliographically
  4. heliographing
  5. heliographs
  6. heliography
  7. heliogravure
  8. heliogravures
  9. heliohydroelectric
  10. heliohydroelectrical
  11. heliohydroelectricity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heliography (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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