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helios
(encz) | Helios,Hélios Zdeněk Brož |
helios
(wn) | Helios
n 1: (Greek mythology) ancient god of the sun; drove his chariot
across the sky each day; identified with Roman Sol |
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heliosis
(encz) | heliosis,helióza [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
heliosphere
(encz) | heliosphere,heliosféra n: Zdeněk Brož |
heliosféra
(czen) | heliosféra,heliospheren: Zdeněk Brož |
Euphorbia Helioscopia
(gcide) | Turnsole \Turn"sole`\, n. [F. tournesol, It. tornasole; tornare
to turn (LL. tornare) + sole the sun, L. sol. See Turn,
Solar, a., and cf. Heliotrope.] [Written also turnsol.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so
named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward
the sun.
(b) The sunflower.
(c) A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).
(d) The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
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2. (Chem.)
(a) Litmus. [Obs.]
(b) A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See
def. 1
(d) .
[1913 Webster]Wart \Wart\, n. [OE. werte, AS. wearte; akin to D. wrat, G.
warze, OHG. warza, Icel. varta, Sw. v[*a]rta, Dan. vorte;
perh. orig., a growth, and akin to E. wort; or cf. L. verruca
wart.]
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1. (Med.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by
enlargement of its vascular papillae, and thickening of
the epidermis which covers them.
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2. An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a
true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or
hardened protuberance on plants.
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Fig wart, Moist wart (Med.), a soft, bright red, pointed
or tufted tumor found about the genitals, often massed
into groups of large size. It is a variety of condyloma.
Called also pointed wart, venereal wart. --L. A.
Duhring.
Wart cress (Bot.), the swine's cress. See under Swine.
Wart snake (Zool.), any one of several species of East
Indian colubrine snakes of the genus Acrochordus, having
the body covered with wartlike tubercles or spinose
scales, and lacking cephalic plates and ventral scutes.
Wart spurge (Bot.), a kind of wartwort ({Euphorbia
Helioscopia}).
[1913 Webster]Wartwort \Wart"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A name given to several plants because they were thought to
be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge ({Euphorbia
Helioscopia}), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis).
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Helioscope
(gcide) | Helioscope \He"li*o*scope\, n. [Helio- + -scope: cf. F.
h['e]lioscope.] (Astron.)
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. --
He`li*o*scop`ic, a.
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Helioscopic
(gcide) | Helioscope \He"li*o*scope\, n. [Helio- + -scope: cf. F.
h['e]lioscope.] (Astron.)
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. --
He`li*o*scop`ic, a.
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heliostat
(gcide) | Siderostat \Sid"er*o*stat\, n. [L. sidus, sideris, a star + Gr.
??? standing, fixed, fr. ???? to place.] (Astron.)
An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by
clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a
fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat.
[1913 Webster]Heliostat \He"li*o*stat\, n. [Helio- + Gr. ? placed, standing,
fr. ? to place, stand: cf. F. h['e]liostate.]
An instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, by
which a sunbeam is made apparently stationary, by being
steadily directed to one spot during the whole of its diurnal
period; also, a geodetic heliotrope.
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Heliostat
(gcide) | Siderostat \Sid"er*o*stat\, n. [L. sidus, sideris, a star + Gr.
??? standing, fixed, fr. ???? to place.] (Astron.)
An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by
clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a
fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat.
[1913 Webster]Heliostat \He"li*o*stat\, n. [Helio- + Gr. ? placed, standing,
fr. ? to place, stand: cf. F. h['e]liostate.]
An instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, by
which a sunbeam is made apparently stationary, by being
steadily directed to one spot during the whole of its diurnal
period; also, a geodetic heliotrope.
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euphorbia helioscopia
(wn) | Euphorbia helioscopia
n 1: not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward
the sun [syn: sun spurge, wartweed, wartwort,
devil's milk, Euphorbia helioscopia] |
heliosphere
(wn) | heliosphere
n 1: the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and
solar system |
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