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Cassegrain

Cassegrain is the ellipsis of Cassegrain reflector.

Meaning of Cassegrain reflector

Noun

Cassegrain reflector (plural Cassegrain reflectors)

  1. A combination of a primary concave mirror and a secondary convex mirror, often used in optical telescopes and radio antennas, the main characteristic being that the optical path folds back onto itself, relative to the optical system's primary mirror entrance aperture.

Forms of Cassegrain

pluralCassegrains

Words formed from Cassegrain

Phrases with Cassegrain

Questions about Cassegrain

What is Cassegrain the ellipsis of?
Cassegrain is the ellipsis of Cassegrain reflector.

Words near Cassegrain in the dictionary

  1. casse-croutes
  2. cassed
  3. cassedanneite
  4. Cassedy
  5. Cassedys
  6. Cassegrain
  7. Cassegrain reflector
  8. Cassegrain reflectors
  9. Cassegrain telescope
  10. Cassegrain telescopes
  11. Cassegrainian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Cassegrain (page history and authors); Cassegrain reflector (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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