Another word for telescope
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- An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct the chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished
- A binocular telescope for stereoscopic viewing of distant objects.
- A binocular telescope used for producing a stereoscopic image of a distant object.
- Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
- (Astronomy) A spectroscope designed to be attached to a telescope for observation of distant objects, such as stars.
- An instrument combining a telescope and a spectroscope, for producing the spectra of stars
- (Astronomy) a type of refracting telescope (refractor) similar to the one used by Galileo Galilei
- A telescope in which a large biconvex lens causes light rays to converge to a focus, forming an image magnified by a biconvex eyepiece
- 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.
- A telescope in which light from an object is gathered and focused by lenses, with the resulting image magnified by the eyepiece.
- Any of several telescopes having as the objective a paraboloid mirror mounted at the lower end of the tube and using various systems of mirrors for viewing the image by reflecting the incident light to an eyepiece; reflector
- A telescope in which light from the object is gathered and focused by a concave mirror, with the resulting image magnified by the eyepiece.
- 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.
- An article made partly or wholly of glass, as a drinking container, mirror, windowpane, telescope, barometer, etc.
- The quantity contained in a drinking glass
- A binocular or field glass.
- A pair of small, low-powered binoculars for use especially at a theatrical performance.
- Binoculars.
- Binoculars for outdoor use
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