helioscope

English

Etymology

helio- +‎ -scope

Noun

helioscope (plural helioscopes)

(astronomy) An apparatus for viewing the Sun without harming the eye, by means of an optical filter that attenuates most of sunlight while allowing only a small amount of the solar radiation.

Translations

apparatus for viewing the sun

Finnish: helioskooppi
French: hélioscope (fr) m
German: Helioskop n
Ido: helioskopo (io)
Italian: elioscopio m
Norwegian: helioskop n
Nynorsk: helioskop n
Polish: helioskop m
Russian: гелиоско́п (ru) m (gelioskóp)
Spanish: helioscopio (es) m
Swedish: helioskop (sv) n
Ukrainian: геліоско́п m (helioskóp)

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