helio
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English
Etymology
Clipping of heliotrope.
Noun
helio (plural helios)
- A heliotrope (surveying instrument).
- 1874, Verplanck Colvin, Annual Report on the Progress of the Topographical Survey of the Adirondack Wilderness of New York, for the year 1873:
- A helio or sun-reflecting signal was evidently the desideratum.
- 1925, U.S. Coast, Geodetic Survey, Special Publication - Coast and Geodetic Survey, page 62:
- A light keeper's duties require him to be alone on a station for days or even weeks at a time, showing a helio to the observer in the afternoon for two or three hours and watching by the signal lamp at night.
- 1968, Arthur Laidlaw Allan, J. R. Hollwey, J. H. B. Maynes, Practical Field Surveying and Computations, page 258:
- On a cloudy but bright day, it is possible to use a helio effectively over moderate distances of about 6 miles. Light keepers should be made aware of this, since they often think that brilliant sun is essential.
Anagrams
Basque
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| He | |
| Previous: hidrogeno (H) | |
| Next: litio (Li) | |
Pronunciation
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Noun
helio inan
Declension
Declension of helio (inanimate, singular only, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | helio | helioa |
| ergative | — | helioak |
| dative | — | helioari |
| genitive | — | helioaren |
| comitative | — | helioarekin |
| causative | — | helioarengatik |
| benefactive | — | helioarentzat |
| instrumental | helioz | helioaz |
| inessive | — | helioan |
| locative | — | — |
| allative | — | — |
| terminative | — | — |
| directive | — | — |
| destinative | — | — |
| ablative | — | — |
| partitive | heliorik | — |
| prolative | heliotzat | — |
Further reading
- “helio”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “helio”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Noun
helio (uncountable, accusative helion)
- Alternative form of heliumo
Galician
Noun
helio m (uncountable)
Latin
Noun
hēliō
Spanish
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| He | |
| Previous: hidrógeno (H) | |
| Next: litio (Li) | |
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”), because the element was first observed in the solar spectrum.
Pronunciation
Noun
helio m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “helio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
helio on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
