helio

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See also: hélio, Hélio, and helio-

English

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Etymology

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Clipping of heliotrope.

Noun

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helio (plural helios)

  1. 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.

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Basque

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Chemical element
He
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Next: litio (Li)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /helio/ [he.li.o]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /elio/ [e.li.o]
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: he‧li‧o

Noun

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helio inan

  1. helium

Declension

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Further reading

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  • helio”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • helio”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [heˈlio]
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: he‧li‧o

Noun

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helio (uncountable, accusative helion)

  1. Alternative form of heliumo

Galician

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Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia gl

Noun

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helio m (uncountable)

  1. helium

Latin

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Noun

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hēliō

  1. dative/ablative singular of hēlium

Spanish

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Chemical element
He
Previous: hidrógeno (H)
Next: litio (Li)

Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, sun), because the element was first observed in the solar spectrum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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helio m (uncountable)

  1. helium

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