Defenition of the word reflecting telescope

• Defenition of the word reflecting telescope

  • Telescope that uses mirrors to magnify and focus an image onto an eyepiece.
  • large concave mirror produces image that is magnified by the eyepiece
  • 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"
  • optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece

Synonyms for the word reflecting telescope

• • reflector

Meronymys for the word reflecting telescope

• • parabolic mirror

Hyponyms for the word reflecting telescope

• • Cassegrainian telescope
  • coude system
  • coude telescope
  • Gregorian telescope
  • Herschelian telescope
  • Maksutov telescope
  • Newtonian reflector
  • Newtonian telescope
  • off-axis reflector
  • Schmidt camera
  • Schmidt telescope

Hypernyms for the word reflecting telescope

• • optical telescope

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