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heliopausenoun(astronomy) The boundary of heliosphere where the Sun's solar wind is stopped by the interstellar medium.
heliosheathnoun(astronomy) A zone between the termination shock and the heliopause, in the heliosphere, at the outer border of the Solar System, where the solar wind is dramatically slower than within the termination shock.
heliosnoun(Greek mythology) The god of the Sun; son of Hyperion and Theia, brother of Selene and Eos, father of Phaeton amongst others. His Roman counterpart is Sol.
helionautnoun(science fiction, rare) Someone who travels to the Sun; an explorer of the Sun.
hemisphærenounArchaic spelling of hemisphere. [(astronomy, astrology) Half of the celestial sphere, as divided by either the ecliptic or the celestial equator .]
hemispherenoun(geography) Half of the Earth, such as the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere, Land Hemisphere, Water Hemisphere etc. .
western hemispherenoun(US, metonymic) The Americas.
astrosheathnoun(astronomy) The stellar equivalent of the heliosheath
helionnoun(physics, usually) A helium-3 ion, the nucleus of a helium-3 atom. Formula: ³He⁺².
southern hemispherenounThe hemisphere in Earth to the south of the Equator, containing only about 10% of the total land area on Earth.
heliologistnounOne who studies heliology.
heliumidenounSynonym of helide.
heterospherenounThe upper part of the atmosphere, above about 60 miles or 100 km, in which there is great variation in its composition.
hesperianounLiterally "western land", a term poetically applied by Ancient Greeks to Italy and by Romans to the Iberian Peninsula and Western Africa.
hydrospacenounThat part of the Earth, or other planet, that lies below the surface of its lakes, seas and oceans,
halonounA circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
water hemispherenounThe hemisphere of the Earth which is almost completely covered in water.
eastern hemispherenounThe hemisphere in Earth to the east of the Greenwich meridian (zero degree longitude) and west of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line), containing Africa, Asia and Europe, except for a small part of eastern Russia.
helionounA heliotrope (surveying instrument).
helmnoun(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.

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