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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 he·li·om·e·ter /ˌhiliˈɑmətɚ/
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 He·li·om·e·ter n.  Astron. An instrument devised originally for measuring the diameter of the sun; now employed for delicate measurements of the distance and relative direction of two stars too far apart to be easily measured in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.
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