Heliograph \He"li*o*graph\ (h[=e]"l[i^]*[-o]*gr[.a]f), n.
   [Helio- + -graph.]
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   1. A picture taken by heliography; a photograph.
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   2. An instrument for taking photographs of the sun.
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   3. An apparatus for telegraphing by means of the sun's rays.
      See Heliotrope, 3.
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	Heliograph \He"li*o*graph\ (h[=e]"l[i^]*[-o]*gr[.a]f), v. t.
   1. To telegraph, or signal, with a heliograph.
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   2. To photograph by sunlight.
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	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