helioscope

English

Etymology

From helio- +‎ -scope.

Pronunciation

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Noun

helioscope (plural helioscopes)

1. (astronomy) An apparatus for viewing the Sun without harming the eye, by means of an optical filter that attenuates most of sunlight while allowing only a small amount of the solar radiation.

Translations

apparatus for viewing the sun

• Finnish: helioskooppi
• French: hélioscope (fr) m
• German: Helioskop n
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Ido: helioskopo (io)
• Italian: elioscopio m
• Norwegian: helioskop n

  Nynorsk: helioskop n

• Polish: helioskop m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: гелиоско́п (ru) m (gelioskóp)
• Spanish: helioscopio (es) m
• Swedish: helioskop (sv) n
• Ukrainian: геліоско́п m (helioskóp)