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radio telescope

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A device for observing astronomical sources of radio waves, normally having one or more large parabolic dishes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

astronomical telescope that picks up electromagnetic radiations in the radio-frequency range from extraterrestrial sources

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: radio reflector

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: astronomical telescope

Narrower terms: radio interferometer

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Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِقْرَاب رَادْيُوي (miqrāb rādyūy) — astronomical device
  • Arabic: مِقْرَاب الكَاشُوفِي (miqrāb al-kāšūfī) — astronomical device
  • Armenian: ռադիոաստղադիտարան (ṙadioastġaditaran) — astronomical device
  • Basque: irrati-teleskopio — astronomical device
  • Bengali: বেতার দূরবীক্ষণ যন্ত্র (betar durbikkhon jontro) — astronomical device
  • Bulgarian: радиотелескоп (radioteleskop) — astronomical device
  • Catalan: radiotelescopi — astronomical device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 射電望遠鏡 /射电望远镜 (shèdiàn wàngyuǎnjìng) — astronomical device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電波望遠鏡 /电波望远镜 (diànbō wàngyuǎnjìng) — astronomical device
  • Czech: radioteleskop — astronomical device
  • Danish: radioteleskop — astronomical device
  • Dutch: radiotelescoop — astronomical device
  • Esperanto: radioteleskopo — astronomical device
  • Estonian: raadioteleskoop — astronomical device
  • Finnish: radioteleskooppi — astronomical device
  • French: radiotélescope — astronomical device
  • Galician: radiotelescopio — astronomical device
  • Georgian: რადიოტელესკოპი (radioṭelesḳoṗi) — astronomical device
  • German: Radioteleskop — astronomical device
  • Greek: ραδιοτηλεσκόπιο (radiotileskópio) — astronomical device
  • Hebrew: רדיו־טלסקופ (rádyo-teleskop) — astronomical device
  • Hindi: रेडियो दूरदर्शक (reḍiyo dūrdarśak) — astronomical device
  • Hindi: रेडियो दूरदर्शी (reḍiyo dūrdarśī) — astronomical device
  • Hungarian: rádiótávcső — astronomical device
  • Hungarian: rádióteleszkóp — astronomical device
  • Icelandic: útvarpssjónauki — astronomical device
  • Indonesian: teleskop radio — astronomical device
  • Italian: radiotelescopio — astronomical device
  • Japanese: 電波望遠鏡 (denpa bōenkyō) — astronomical device
  • Kazakh: радиотелескоп (radioteleskop) — astronomical device
  • Korean: 전파 망원경 (jeonpa mang'won'gyeong) — astronomical device
  • Latvian: radioteleskops — astronomical device
  • Lithuanian: radioteleskopas — astronomical device
  • Macedonian: радиотелеско́п (radioteleskóp) — astronomical device
  • Malay: teleskop radio — astronomical device
  • Norwegian Bokmål: radioteleskop — astronomical device
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: radioteleskop — astronomical device
  • Persian: رادیو تلسکوپ (râdio teleskop) — astronomical device
  • Polish: radioteleskop — astronomical device
  • Portuguese: radiotelescópio — astronomical device
  • Romanian: radiotelescop — astronomical device
  • Russian: радиотелеско́п (radioteleskóp) — astronomical device
  • Serbo-Croatian: радио-телескоп — astronomical device
  • Serbo-Croatian: radio-teleskop — astronomical device
  • Slovak: radioteleskop — astronomical device
  • Spanish: radiotelescopio — astronomical device
  • Swedish: radioteleskop — astronomical device
  • Tagalog: daksipat-diglap — astronomical device
  • Tamil: வானொலி அதிர்வெண் தொலைநோக்கி (vāṉoli atirveṇ tolainōkki) — astronomical device
  • Thai: กล้องโทรทรรศน์วิทยุ (glông-toh-rá-tát-wít-tá-yú) — astronomical device
  • Turkish: radyo teleskobu — astronomical device
  • Ukrainian: радіотелеско́п (radioteleskóp) — astronomical device
  • Vietnamese: kính viễn vọng vô tuyến — astronomical device