English Explanatory Dictionary

photoheliometer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.

Word forms

photoheliometer photoheliometers

Etymology

From photo- + helio- + meter.

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