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SCHMIDT TELESCOPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reflecting telescope that has plate that corrects for aberration so a wide area of sky can be photographed
Synonyms:
Schmidt camera; Schmidt telescope
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("Schmidt 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)