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noun
A telescope which produces a magnified image by refracting light through a series of lenses housed in a tube, with a light-gathering objective lens at one end and an eyepiece at the other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
optical telescope that has a large convex lens that produces an image that is viewed through the eyepiece
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: optical telescope
Narrower terms: field glass, glass, spyglass, Galilean telescope
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