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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Photoheliometer

· Pho·to·he·li·om·e·ter · IPA
01 n. A double-lens instrument for measuring slight variations of the sun's diameter by photography, utilizing the common chord of two overlappin…
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    A double-lens instrument for measuring slight variations of the sun's diameter by photography, utilizing the common chord of two overlapping images.(Astron.)