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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Heliograph \He"li*o*graph\ (h[=e]"l[i^]*[-o]*gr[.a]f), n.
   [Helio- + -graph.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. A picture taken by heliography; a photograph.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. An instrument for taking photographs of the sun.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. An apparatus for telegraphing by means of the sun's rays.
      See Heliotrope, 3.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Heliograph \He"li*o*graph\ (h[=e]"l[i^]*[-o]*gr[.a]f), v. t.
   1. To telegraph, or signal, with a heliograph.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. To photograph by sunlight.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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