heliogram

[ hee-lee-uh-gram ]

noun
  1. a message sent by a heliograph.

Origin of heliogram

1
First recorded in 1880–85; helio- + -gram1

Words Nearby heliogram

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How to use heliogram in a sentence

  • 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
  • Each of us was allowed to send a brief heliogram, balloting for turn.

    Ladysmith | H. W. Nevinson
  • 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.

  • This instruction was not included in the original heliogram, but was annexed to it as an afterthought in a supplementary message.

    A Handbook of the Boer War | Gale and Polden, Limited