helio

See also: hélio, Hélio, and helio-

English

Noun

helio (plural helios)

1. A heliotrope (surveying instrument).
   • 1874, Verplanck Colvin, Annual Report on the Progress of the Topographical Survey of the Adirondack Wilderness of New York, for the year 1873:

     A helio or sun-reflecting signal was evidently the desideratum.

   • 1925, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Special Publication - Coast and Geodetic Survey (page 62)

     A light keeper's duties require him to be alone on a station for days or even weeks at a time, showing a helio to the observer in the afternoon for two or three hours and watching by the signal lamp at night.

   • 1968, Arthur Laidlaw Allan, J. R. Hollwey, J. H. B. Maynes, Practical Field Surveying and Computations (page 258)

     On a cloudy but bright day, it is possible to use a helio effectively over moderate distances of about 6 miles. Light keepers should be made aware of this, since they often think that brilliant sun is essential.

Anagrams

• holie

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Basque

Chemical element
He
Previous: hidrogeno (H)
Next: litio (Li)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /elio/, [e̞.li.o̞]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /helio/, [ɦe̞.li.o̞]

Noun

helio inan

1. helium

Declension

Declension of helio (inan, indef/sing, -V)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	helio	helioa	helioak
ergative	heliok	helioak	helioek
dative	heliori	helioari	helioei
genitive	helioren	helioaren	helioen
comitative	heliorekin	helioarekin	helioekin
causative	heliorengatik	helioarengatik	helioengatik
benefactive	heliorentzat	helioarentzat	helioentzat
instrumental	helioz	helioaz	helioez
inessive	heliotan	helioan	helioetan
locative	heliotako	helioko	helioetako
allative	heliotara	heliora	helioetara
terminative	heliotaraino	helioraino	helioetaraino
directive	heliotarantz	heliorantz	helioetarantz
destinative	heliotarako	heliorako	helioetarako
ablative	heliotatik	heliotik	helioetatik
partitive	heliorik	―	―
prolative	heliotzat	―	―
The forms in grey are grammatical, but seldom used.

Further reading

• “helio” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “helio” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

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Galician

Noun

helio m (uncountable)

1. helium

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Latin

Noun

hēliō

1. dative singular of hēlium
2. ablative singular of hēlium

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Spanish

Chemical element
He
Previous: hidrógeno (H)
Next: litio (Li)

Etymology

From New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”), because the element was first observed in the solar spectrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeljo/, [ˈe.ljo]

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Noun

helio m (uncountable)

1. helium

Further reading

• “helio” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• helio on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Anagrams

• hielo