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helio- combining form of Gr. ἥλιος sun, occurring in various scientific and other terms, most of which are entered in their alphabetical places; others of rarer occurrence are placed here. helioˈarkite a. [cf. arkite], relating to the sun and Noah's ark, as objects of worship; ‖ heliocoˈmetes [mod.L., f. Gr. κοµήτης comet], an appearance of rays of light extending from the sun like a comet's tail; helio-dæˈmonic a., relating to the sun and dæmons; helio-eˈlectric a., relating to electric force emanating from the sun; helio-enˈgraving = heliogravure; helioˈfugal a. [after centrifugal; cf. F. héliophuge], tending away from the sun; heliˈolater [Gr. -λατρης worshipping], a worshipper of the sun; so heliˈolatrous a., worshipping the sun; heliˈolatry [Gr. λατρεία worship], sun-worship; heliˈologist, one versed in heliology; heliˈology, the science of the sun's energy and action; heliˈophilous a. [ϕίλος loving], fond of or attracted by sunlight; helioˈphobia [Gr. -ϕοβία fear], dread of or shrinking from sunlight, photophobia; so ˈheliophobe [Gr. -ϕοβος fearing], one affected with heliophobia; helioˈphobic a., fearing or shunning sunlight; heliˈophyllite Min. [ad. G. heliophyllit (G. Flink 1888, in Öfversigt af kongl. Vetenskaps-Akad. Förh. XLV. 575), f. Gr. ϕύλλον leaf: so called because of its colour and structure], a yellowish oxychloride of lead and arsenic, probably dimorphous with ecdemite; helioˈpolar a., pertaining to the pole of the sun's rotation; helioˈtactic a., responding to sunlight by movement; characterized by heliotaxis; helioˈtaxis, phototaxis due to the rays of the sun; helioˈtherapy, the treatment of disease by exposure to the sun's rays; ˌheliozinˈcography (see quots.).
1804Edin. Rev. III. 314 Seats of the *Helio-arkite superstition. 1838A. E. Bray Trad. Devonsh. I. 148 The ceremonies of the Helioarkite procession.
1727–51Chambers Cycl., *Heliocometes, comet of the sun; a phænomenon sometimes observed at the setting of the sun; thus denominated by Sturmius and Pylen..in regard it seems to make a comet of the sun, being a large tail, or column of light, fixed or hung to that luminary, and dragging after it at his setting.
1866Cornh. Mag. Mar. 293 Notions about an arkite idolatry and a *Helio-dæmonic worship.
1884Nature 8 May 47/2 The *helio-electric theory of the perturbations of terrestrial magnetism.
1886Sci. Amer. 24 July 49/2 The *helio-engraving by etching was brought to a high degree of completion by Klic, of Vienna, in 1883.
1885Clerke Pop. Hist. Astron. 387 The ‘*heliofugal’ power by which Comets' tails are developed.
1828Webster, *Heliolater.
Ibid., *Heliolatry.
1890Gladstone Impreg. Rock (1892) 66 According to *heliologists, the process does not even yet appear to be absolutely completed.
1886Spectator 24 Apr. 545/1 The evolution of *heliology.
1885Syd. Soc. Lex., *Heliophobe, one whose eyes suffer from the sun's rays. *Heliophobia, the fear of the sun's rays on the retina, such as occurs in albinism.
1886J. Rattray in Trans. R. Soc. Edin. XXXII. 598 A *heliophobic spore may often find enough of shade among the rhizoids of other pre-existing weeds.
1890Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LVIII. i. 459 On specimens of the so-called rhodotilite from Pajsberg a yellow mineral has been observed... The author names this mineral *heliophyllite. 1968I. Kostov Mineral. ii. vii. 467 Ekdemite is tetragonal, dimorphous with heliophyllite which is orthorhombic pseudotetragonal.
1902Science 7 Feb. 223/2 The vector diagram in *heliopolar coordinates takes the form of a conical surface around the Sun.
1898Jrnl. R. Microsc. Soc. 422 The progressive movements of the larvæ of the gooseberry mite (Bryobia ribis Th.) are always positively *heliotactic. 1904Biol. Bull. VI. 253 The mating habits of these highly heliotactic males and wingless females.
1898Jrnl. R. Microsc. Soc. 422 (heading) *Heliotaxis of larval mites.
1890Billings Med. Dict. I. 627/2 *Heliotherapy, treatment of disease by exposure to sunlight. 1903Lancet 11 July 104/1 The fundamental principles and practical applications of helio⁓therapy and phototherapy. 1921Glasgow Herald 15 July 10 For the information of medical practitioners interested in heliotherapy. 1928A. Huxley Let. 23 May (1969) 297 My medical uncle..says that he has known TB of the intestine greatly benefited by heliotherapy.
1903Nature 19 Nov. 60 Two new methods have now superseded photo⁓zincography; one of these, ‘*heliozincography’, was worked out by the Ordnance Survey... The first method consists in reproduction direct on a sensitised zinc plate in contact with a reversed negative. 1936H. S. L. Winterbotham Key to Maps xix. 196 We have seen above how work from paper may go direct to the zinc by a process known as vandyking. To do the same with a negative and a sensitized sheet of zinc is known as heliozincography. |