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HELIOGRAPH

Dictionary entry overview: What does heliograph mean?

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

1. an apparatus for sending telegraphic messages by using a mirror to turn the sun's rays off and on

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

• HELIOGRAPH (verb)
The verb HELIOGRAPH has 1 sense:

1. signal by means of a mirror and the using the sun's rays

Familiarity information: HELIOGRAPH used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HELIOGRAPH (noun)

Sense 1

heliograph ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

An apparatus for sending telegraphic messages by using a mirror to turn the sun's rays off and on

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

apparatus; setup (equipment designed to serve a specific function)

• HELIOGRAPH (verb)

Sense 1

heliograph ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Signal by means of a mirror and the using the sun's rays

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "heliograph" is one way to...):

sign; signal; signalise; signalize (communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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