HyperDic: heliometer

English > 1 sense of the word heliometer:
NOUNartifactheliometeran instrument used to measure the angular separation of two stars that are too far apart to be included in the field of view of an ordinary telescope
English > heliometer: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningAn instrument used to measure the angular separation of two stars that are too far apart to be included in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.
Broadermeasuring instrument, measuring system, measuring deviceinstrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
Spanishheliómetro
Catalanheliòmetre

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