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English Dictionary: Heliograph by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heliograph
n
  1. an apparatus for sending telegraphic messages by using a mirror to turn the sun's rays off and on
v
  1. signal by means of a mirror and the using the sun's rays
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heliograph \He"li*o*graph\, v. t.
      1. To telegraph, or signal, with a heliograph.
  
      2. To photograph by sunlight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heliograph \He"li*o*graph\, n. [Helio- + -graph.]ets>
      1. A picture taken by heliography; a photograph.
  
      2. An instrument for taking photographs of the sun.
  
      3. An apparatus for telegraphing by means of the sun's rays.
            See {Heliotrope}, 3.
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