Helioscope vs. Sun
Helioscopenoun
(astronomy) An apparatus for viewing the sun without harming the eye, by means of blackened glass or mirrors that reflect only a part of the light.
Sunproper noun
The star that the Earth revolves around and from which it receives light and warmth.
Helioscopenoun
A telescope or instrument for viewing the sun without injury to the eyes, as through colored glasses, or with mirrors which reflect but a small portion of light.
Sunnoun
(astronomy) A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
Helioscope
A helioscope is an instrument used in observing the sun and sunspots. The helioscope was first used by Benedetto Castelli (1578-1643) and refined by Galileo (1564–1642).
Sunnoun
The light and warmth which is received from the sun.
Sunnoun
(figurative) Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.
Sunnoun
Sunrise or sunset.
Sunnoun
The nineteenth trump/major arcana card of the Tarot.
Sunnoun
(cartomancy) The thirty-first Lenormand card.
Sunnoun
A traditional Japanese unit of length, approximately 30.3 millimetres (1.193 inches).
Sunverb
(transitive) To expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun.
‘Beautiful bodies lying on the beach, sunning their bronzed limbs.’;
Sunverb
(transitive) To warm or dry in the sunshine.
Sunverb
(intransitive) To be exposed to the sun.
Sunverb
To expose the eyes to the sun as part of the Bates method.
Sunnoun
See Sunn.
Sunnoun
The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000.
Sunnoun
Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs.
Sunnoun
The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine.
‘Lambs that did frisk in the sun.’;
Sunnoun
That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation.
‘For the Lord God is a sun and shield.’; ‘I will never consent to put out the sun of sovereignity to posterity.’;
Sunverb
To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain.
‘Then to sun thyself in open air.’;
Sunnoun
a typical star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system;
‘the sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system’;
Sunnoun
the rays of the sun;
‘the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind’;
Sunnoun
a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc
Sunnoun
any star around which a planetary system evolves
Sunnoun
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
Sunverb
expose one's body to the sun
Sunverb
expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun;
‘insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble’; ‘These herbs suffer when sunned’;
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core, radiating the energy mainly as visible light, ultraviolet light, and infrared radiation.
