Reflecting telescope

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA telescope which produces a magnified image by reflecting light through a series of mirrors housed in a tube, using a large curved mirror to gather the light and one or more additional mirrors to transmit the light to an eyepiece.

Synonyms

reflector refracting telescope optical telescope refractor liquid mirror telescope subreflector nasmyth telescope speculum schmidt telescope telephotometer ion mirror fold mirror

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