Synonyms for heliograph

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hee-lee-uh-graf, -grahf

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhi li əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf

Top 10 synonyms for heliograph

Other synonyms for the word heliograph

Définition of heliograph

Origin : product of a certain type of engraving process, 1853, from helio- + -graph "something written." Earlier, "a description of the sun" (1706, implied in heliographic). Heliography (1845 in the engraving sense) also (1840) was an early term for what came to be called photography.

As in beacon : noun light used as signal, guide

Example sentences :

Instantly, the ship shone like the polished mirror of a heliograph.
Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell

He had also been corroborated by a man who had seen the man who took it down from the heliograph.
Extract from : « A Yeoman's Letters » by P. T. Ross

The heliograph would be useless in stormy weather or in fog.
Extract from : « El Diablo » by Brayton Norton

The Hussars left behind a Colt-Maxim and a heliograph for our usage.
Extract from : « My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War » by Ben Viljoen.

If there is no sun I cannot heliograph and I have a host of signals to look up and get ready.
Extract from : « The Pillar of Light » by Louis Tracy

To this shot the heliograph flashed a cordial expression of approval.
Extract from : « The Siege of Mafeking (1900) » by J. Angus Hamilton.

That meal done, he sat beside his heliograph to await the time.
Extract from : « The Boy With the U. S. Survey » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

And the glass of water she lifted pierced like a heliograph into the room.
Extract from : « The Tower of Oblivion » by Oliver Onions

Far across the plains I saw a flashing light, as of a heliograph.
Extract from : « Neighbours » by Robert Stead

Well, I guess that's because the heliograph is so much more secret.
Extract from : « Facing the German Foe » by Colonel James Fiske

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