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Gregorian telescopes

Gregorian telescopes is the plural of Gregorian telescope.

Meaning of Gregorian telescope

Noun

Gregorian telescope (plural Gregorian telescopes)

  1. A type of reflecting telescope having two concave mirrors: the primary mirror (a paraboloid) collects the light and brings it to a focus before the secondary mirror (a ellipsoid), where it is reflected back through a hole in the centre of the primary, and thence out the bottom end of the instrument, where it can be viewed with the aid of the eyepiece.

Questions about Gregorian telescopes

What is Gregorian telescopes the plural of?
Gregorian telescopes is the plural of Gregorian telescope.

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