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GREGORIAN TELESCOPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror; light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror
Synonyms:
Cassegrainian telescope; Gregorian telescope
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("Gregorian telescope" is a kind of...):
reflecting telescope; reflector (optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece)
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