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noun
A 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: reflector
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: optical telescope
Narrower terms: Cassegrainian telescope, Gregorian telescope, coude telescope, coude system, Herschelian telescope, off-axis reflector, Maksutov telescope, Newtonian telescope, Newtonian reflector, Schmidt telescope, Schmidt camera
History
From reflecting + telescope.
Across languages
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