heliometer

See also: Heliometer

English

Etymology

From helio- +‎ -meter, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος (Hḗlios), from ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”), and French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Noun

heliometer (plural heliometers)

1. An astronomical instrument, based on a telescope, for measuring the diameter of the sun; now used to measure the angular distance between stars and other celestial bodies.

Related terms

• heliometric
• heliometry

Translations

astronomical instrument for measuring the diameter of the sun

• Catalan: heliòmetre m
• Dutch: heliometer m
• Esperanto: heliometro
• Finnish: heliometri
• French: héliomètre (fr) m
• Galician: heliómetro m
• German: Heliometer (de)
• Ido: heliometro (io)
• Italian: eliometro
• Malay: heliometer
• Polish: heliometr
• Portuguese: heliómetro (pt) m (Portugal), heliômetro (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: heliometru (ro) n
• Russian: гелиометр (ru) (geliometr)
• Slovak: heliometer
• Spanish: heliómetro (es) m

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦeː.li.oːˌmeː.tər/
• Hyphenation: he‧lio‧me‧ter

Noun

heliometer m (plural heliometers)

1. heliometer

   Synonym: helioscoop

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛliɔmɛtɛr/

Noun

heliometer m inan (genitive singular heliometra, nominative plural heliometre, genitive plural heliometrov, declension pattern of stroj)

1. heliometer

Declension

Declension of heliometer

	singular	plural
nominative	heliometer	heliometre
genitive	heliometra	heliometrov
dative	heliometru	heliometrom
accusative	heliometer	heliometre
locative	heliometri	heliometroch
instrumental	heliometrom	helimetrami

Further reading

• “heliometer”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024