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Heliograph

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

n. A device for transmitting messages by reflecting sunlight.

n. A device for photographing the sun.

v. To send (a message) by heliograph.

verb-intransitive. To send a heliograph.

n. An apparatus for signalling by means of a moveable mirror which reflects flashes of sunlight.

n. A heliogram.

n. An instrument for measuring the intensity of sunlight.

n. A device for photographing the sun.

n. A photograph.

v. To send a message by heliograph.

v. To send a heliograph.

n. A picture taken by heliography; a photograph.

n. An instrument for taking photographs of the sun.

n. An apparatus for telegraphing by means of the sun's rays. See Heliotrope, 3.

v. To telegraph, or signal, with a heliograph.

v. To photograph by sunlight.

n. A heliotrope; especially, a movable mirror used in signaling, surveying, etc., to flash a beam of light to a distance.

n. In photography: An instrument for taking photographs of the sun.

n. A picture taken by heliography; a photograph.

To communicate or signal by means of a heliograph.

To photograph.

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

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

"The book that Uncle Ed sent us had in it a description of a heliograph, that is, an instrument for sending signals with flashes of sunlight."

heliographing

Words that are more generic or abstract

sign signalise signalize signal setup

heliotrope

heliography heliographer heliographic

Words with the same meaning

photograph

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