He`li*om"e*ter (?), n. [Helio- + -meter: cf. F. h'eliometre.] Astron.

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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