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Pronunciation / Transliteration: el.jo.ɡʁaf
"L'armée a utilisé l'héliographe pour transmettre des messages codés."
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A signaling device by which sunlight is flashed in pulses using a movable mirror, formerly used for military communication.
"Before radio communication, troops in the desert relied on the heliograph to send messages across vast distances."
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To signal or transmit messages by means of a heliograph.
"The outpost managed to heliograph the coordinates back to the main base before sunset."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek words 'hēlios' meaning 'sun' and 'graphē' meaning 'writing' or 'drawing'. Coined in the 19th century, the term originally referred to various instruments that recorded sunlight or used the sun's rays for signaling before becoming specifically associated with solar telegraphy.
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héliographe
Transliteration: el.jo.ɡʁaf
"L'armée a utilisé l'héliographe pour transmettre des messages codés."
Heliograph
Transliteration: heli̯oˈɡʁaːf
"Der Heliograph nutzte das Sonnenlicht zur Fernkommunikation."
eliografo
Transliteration: eˈljɔːɡrafo
"L'eliografo era essenziale per le comunicazioni nel deserto."
heliógrafo
Transliteration: eˈljaɣɾofo
"Los soldados enviaron señales utilizando un heliógrafo."
heliógrafo
Transliteration: e.liˈɔ.ɡɾa.fu
"O heliógrafo permitia a comunicação visual a longas distâncias."
हेलियोग्राफ़
Transliteration: heliyografo
"हेलियोग्राफ़ का उपयोग सूर्य के प्रकाश से संकेत भेजने के लिए किया जाता था।"
日光报时器
Transliteration: rì guāng bào shí qì
Script: 日光通信机
"古代军队曾使用日光通信机来传递紧急讯息。"
회광통신기의
Transliteration: hoegwangtongsingi
Script: 회광통신기
"군인들은 회광통신기를 이용하여 멀리 있는 부대와 연락을 취했다."
日光通信機
Transliteration: nikkō tsūshinki
"遠隔地の部隊間通信には日光通信機が重宝された。"
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