HyperDic: refracting_telescope

English > 1 sense of the expression refracting telescope:
NOUNartifactrefracting telescopeoptical telescope that has a large convex lens that produces an image that is viewed through the eyepiece
English > refracting telescope: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaningoptical telescope that has a large convex lens that produces an image that is viewed through the eyepiece.
NarrowerGalilean telescopeA type of refracting telescope that is no longer used in astronomy
field glass, glass, spyglassA small refracting telescope
Broaderoptical telescopeAn astronomical telescope designed to collect and record light from cosmic sources
Spanishanteojo refractor, refractor
Catalanrefractor, telescopi refractor

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