photoheliometer

English

Etymology

From photo- +‎ helio- +‎ meter.

Noun

photoheliometer (plural photoheliometers)

  1. (historical) A double-lens instrument for measuring slight variations of the Sun's diameter by photography, based on the common chord of two overlapping images.
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