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(n.) An instrument devised originally for measuring the diameter of the sun; now employed for delicate measurements of the distance and relative direction of two stars too far apart to be easily measured in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Heliometer'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/heliometer.html. 1828.
 
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