Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an instrument used to measure the angular separation of two stars that are too far apart to be included in the field of view of an ordinary telescope;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Heliometer \He`li*om"e*ter\, n. [Helio- + -meter: cf. F.
h['e]liom[`e]tre.] (Astron.)
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. Heliometric
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
heliometer
n 1: an instrument used to measure the angular separation of two
stars that are too far apart to be included in the field of
view of an ordinary telescope