heliogram

[ hee-lee-uh-gram ]
/ ˈhi li əˌgræm /

noun

a message sent by a heliograph.

Origin of heliogram

First recorded in 1880–85; helio- + -gram1

Words nearby heliogram

heliocentric, heliocentric parallax, heliochrome, heliodor, heliogabalus, heliogram, heliograph, heliogravure, heliolatry, heliolithic, heliometer

Example sentences from the Web for heliogram

  • Just then my mind was considerably relieved by a heliogram from Baker informing me that he was on his way back to Kabul.

    Forty-one years in India |Frederick Sleigh Roberts

  • The morning following the receipt of the heliogram we broke camp at daylight.

    Camps and Trails in China |Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup Andrews

  • Though news by heliogram came slowly and at long intervals, all were conscious that something was afloat.

    South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) |Louis Creswicke