heliometry etymology

English word heliometry comes from English -metry (Forming nouns relating to measures and measurement.), English helio- (Concerning the sun.)

Detailed word origin of heliometry

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-metry English (eng) Forming nouns relating to measures and measurement.
helio- English (eng) Concerning the sun.
heliometry English (eng) The measurement of the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc.

Words with the same origin as heliometry

Descendants of -metry
absorptiometry acidimetry anemometry archeometry bathymetry coulometry ergometry fluviometry isometry micrometry optometrist optometry phallometry photometry pneumatometry psychometry psychrometry scientometrist somatometry spectrometry stichometry telemetric telemetry zoometry
Descendants of helio-
apheliotropic heliobacterium heliocentric heliogram heliography heliolater heliolatitude heliolatry heliomagnetic heliophile heliophobia heliophysics helioseismic helioseismological helioseismologist helioseismology heliosheath heliosis heliosynchronous heliotaxis heliotheist heliotheistic heliotherapeutic heliothermic heliotropic