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coronagraph

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A telescope that has an attachment which blocks out the direct light from the Sun or other star, allowing examination of the corona and the detection of exoplanets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Etymology

Etymology tree English corona Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English coronagraph From corona + -graph.

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5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: Koronograph — Translations
  • Greek: στεμματογράφος (stemmatográfos) — Translations
  • Persian: تاجنگار (tâj-negâr) — Translations
  • Polish: koronograf — Translations
  • Portuguese: coronógrafo — Translations