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A combining form from Gr. "h`lios the sun.

pertaining to the sun's center, or appearing to be seen from it; having, or relating to, the sun as a center; -- opposed to geocentrical. Heliocentric parallax. See under Parallax. -- Heliocentric place, latitude, longitude, etc. (of a heavenly body), the direction, latitude, longitude, etc., of the body as viewed fro…

An instrument for taking photographs of the sun.

A worshiper of the sun.

Sun worship. See Sabianism.

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.

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.

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.

An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line.

Manifesting heliotropism; turning toward the sun.

er rhizopods having a more or less globular form, with slender radiating pseudopodia; the sun animalcule.

A gaseous element found in the atmospheres of the sun and earth and in some rare minerals.

soldiers, firemen, etc., also worn in hot countries as a protection from the heat of the sun.

of Musa textilis. -- Sisal hemp, the fiber of Agave sisalana, of Mexico and Yucatan. -- Sunn hemp, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant (Crotalaria juncea). -- Water hemp, an annual American weed (Acnida cannabina), related to the amaranth.

A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones. Moore (Encyc. of Music).

Evening. [Poetic] The Sun was sunk, and after him the Star Of Hesperus. Milton.

To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack. Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder. Shak.

tended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.

excessive evacuations, excessive hunger, and the like. The nose is pinched, the eyes are sunk, the temples hollow, the ears cold and retracted, the skin of the forehead tense and dry, the complexion livid, the lips pendent, relaxed, and cold; -- so called, as having been described by Hippocrates. Dunglison. -- Hippoc…

a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day. And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday. Milton.