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coronograph

[ kuh-roh-nuh-graf, -grahf ]
/ kəˈroʊ nəˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun Astronomy.

coronagraph.

Words nearby coronograph

coroner, coronet, coroneted, coronitis, coronium, coronograph, coronoid fossa, coronoid process, coronoidectomy, coroplasty, corot

Origin of coronograph

First recorded in 1880–85

OTHER WORDS FROM coronograph

co·ro·no·graph·ic [kuh-roh-nuh-graf-ik] /kəˌroʊ nəˈgræf ɪk/, adjective

Definition for coronograph (2 of 2)

coronagraph

or co·ro·no·graph

[ kuh-roh-nuh-graf, -grahf ]
/ kəˈroʊ nəˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun Astronomy.

an instrument for observing and photographing the sun's corona, consisting of a telescope fitted with lenses, filters, and diaphragms that simulate an eclipse.

Origin of coronagraph

1885–90; earlier coronograph. See corona, -graph

OTHER WORDS FROM coronagraph

co·ro·na·graph·ic [kuh-roh-nuh-graf-ik] /kəˌroʊ nəˈgræf ɪk/, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for coronograph

coronagraph

coronograph

/ (kəˈrəʊnəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) /

noun

an optical instrument used to simulate an eclipse of the sun so that the faint solar corona can be studied
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