heliometricadj.
/hiːlɪəʊˈmɛtrɪk/ Pertaining to, or obtained or made by, the heliometer; relating to measurement of the sun.
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heliometric1881
heliometrical1882
1881 Athenæum 4 June 753/2 Heliometric observations of Mars.
1886 C. A. Young Recent Adv. in Solar Astron. in Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 25 The publication of the photographic and heliometric results is waited for with much interest.
Derivatives
helioˈmetrical adj.
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heliometrical1882
1882 Standard 9 Dec. 5/4 At Harvard more than eight hundred heliometrical measurements were made.
helioˈmetrically adv.
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heliometrically1883
1883 Science 1 94 [They] do not maintain a steady contact together when heliometrically observed.
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