HELIOMETER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heliometer mean? 

• HELIOMETER (noun)
  The noun HELIOMETER has 1 sense:

1. an 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

  Familiarity information: HELIOMETER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HELIOMETER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An 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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("heliometer" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)