How to pronounce heliometer
American English pronunciation
hee-lee-AH-muh-ter
- IPA
- /ˌhiliˈɑmətɚ/
- Syllables
- hee · lee · AH · muh · ter (5 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What heliometer means
A telescope that measures the sun's width or star gaps
In a sentence: Using a heliometer, the astronomer measured how far apart two stars looked.
Where it comes from: It is helio-, from a Greek word for the sun, plus -meter, from a Greek word for measure.
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