Origin: Greek suffix -scope
Reflecting telescope has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
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"
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.