spectrohelioscope

noun spec·tro·he·lio·scope \-ˈhē-lē-ə-ˌskōp\

Definition of SPECTROHELIOSCOPE

: an instrument similar to a spectroheliograph used for visual as distinguished from photographic observations

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use: 1906

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