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photoheliometer

photoheliometer noun: a double-lens instrument for measuring slight variations of the Sun's diameter by photography, based on the common chord of two overlapping images.

Noun

photoheliometer (plural photoheliometers)

  1. (historical) A double-lens instrument for measuring slight variations of the Sun's diameter by photography, based on the common chord of two overlapping images.

Forms of photoheliometer

pluralphotoheliometers

Origin of photoheliometer

From photo- + helio- + meter.

Questions about photoheliometer

What does photoheliometer mean?
Photoheliometer means a double-lens instrument for measuring slight variations of the Sun's diameter by photography, based on the common chord of two overlapping images.
What part of speech is photoheliometer?
Photoheliometer is a noun.
What is the plural of photoheliometer?
The plural of photoheliometer is photoheliometers.

Words near photoheliometer in the dictionary

  1. photoheating
  2. photoheliograph
  3. photoheliographic
  4. photoheliographs
  5. photoheliography
  6. photoheliometer
  7. photoheliometers
  8. photohemolysis
  9. photohemolytic
  10. photoheterotroph
  11. photoheterotrophic

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