Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HE-LI-OM'E-TER
HE-LI-OM'E-TER, n. [Gr. ἡλιος, the sun, and μετρεω, to measure.]
An instrument for measuring with exactness the diameter of the heavenly bodies. It is called also Astrometer. Encyc.
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