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Reflecting telescope

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece wordnet

Etymology

From reflecting + telescope.

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