Synset

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

sample sentences

"Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope in 1668"

semantic pointers

hyponym

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

hypernym

optical telescope

part meronym

parabolic mirror