Meaning | A magnifier of images of distant objects. |
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Synonym | scope |
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Parts | aperture | A device that controls amount of light admitted |
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finder, viewfinder, view finder | optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest |
prism, optical prism | optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz |
Narrower | astronomical telescope | Any telescope designed to collect and record electromagnetic radiation from cosmic sources |
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collimator | A small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one |
equatorial | A telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it |
solar telescope | A telescope designed to make observations of the sun |
transit instrument | A telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian |
Broader | magnifier | A scientific instrument that magnifies an image |
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Spanish | anteojo, catalejo, telescopio |
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Catalan | telescopi, ullera de llarga vista |
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Adjectives | telescopic | capable of discerning distant objects |
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telescopic | visible only with a telescope |