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HELIOGRAPH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An apparatus for sending telegraphic messages by using a mirror to turn the sun's rays off and on
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("heliograph" is a kind of...):
apparatus; setup (equipment designed to serve a specific function)
Derivation:
heliograph (signal by means of a mirror and the using the sun's rays)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they heliograph ... he / she / it heliographs
Past simple: heliographed
Past participle: heliographed
-ing form: heliographing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Signal by means of a mirror and the using the sun's rays
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "heliograph" is one way to...):
sign; signal; signalise; signalize (communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Derivation:
heliograph (an apparatus for sending telegraphic messages by using a mirror to turn the sun's rays off and on)
