spectroheliokinematograph

noun

A scientific apparatus of the 1930s consisting of a spectrohelioscope and early video camera, used to monitor events on the surface of the Sun.

OriginEnglish kinematograph ← Ancient Greek ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos) ← Proto-Hellenic *hāwélios →
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Meanings

nounspectroheliokinematograph (plural spectroheliokinematographs)

plural spectroheliokinematographs

  1. A scientific apparatus of the 1930s consisting of a spectrohelioscope and early video camera, used to monitor events on the surface of the Sun.

Origin

  1. Latinspeciō
  2. Latinspectrum
  3. Englishspectrum
  4. Englishspectro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*sóh₂wl̥
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sh₂wél(i)yos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*hāwélios
  8. Ancient Greekἥλῐος (hḗlĭos)
  9. Englishhelio-
  10. Englishkinematograph
  11. Englishspectroheliokinematograph

From spectro- + helio- + kinematograph.

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