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Reflecting telescope Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -scope

Reflecting telescope has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece

"Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope in 1668"

2

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.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
optical telescope
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Cassegrainian telescope coude telescope Herschelian telescope Maksutov telescope Newtonian telescope Schmidt telescope
Rhyming Words
ope tope mope dope sope rope nope zope hope bope lope cope pope elope glope peope stope chope grope crope
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