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)
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)
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)
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