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optical telescope

optical telescope noun: an instrument, used both for recreational and scientific purposes, which provides a magnified view of distant objects by collecting and focusing light by means of mirrors and/or optical lenses.

Noun

optical telescope (plural optical telescopes)

  1. An instrument, used both for recreational and scientific purposes, which provides a magnified view of distant objects by collecting and focusing light by means of mirrors and/or optical lenses.
    • "How did the universe begin?" . . . . [W]ithin a few years the new giant radio telescopes, which enable man to probe far deeper into interstellar space than the biggest optical telescope, will provide some sort of an answer.1958 December 28, “Science: When the World Began”, in Time, retrieved 26 Aug 2015
    • Simply by being the largest optical telescope ever placed above Earth's obscuring atmosphere, the Hubble Space Telescope has yielded spectacular images of cosmic grandeur.2001 June 12, John Noble Wilford, “Hot Stellar Winds Captured by X-Ray Orbiter”, in New York Times, retrieved 26 Aug 2015

optical telescope meaning in Hindi and Tagalog

optical telescope in Hindi

instrument which provides a magnified view of distant objects
प्रकाशीय दूरदर्शी prakāśīya dūrdarśī

optical telescope in Tagalog

instrument which provides a magnified view of distant objects
sugaaning daksipat

Forms of optical telescope

pluraloptical telescopes

Questions about optical telescope

What does optical telescope mean?
Optical telescope means an instrument, used both for recreational and scientific purposes, which provides a magnified view of distant objects by collecting and focusing light by means of mirrors and/or optical lenses.
What is optical telescope in Hindi?
Optical telescope in Hindi is प्रकाशीय दूरदर्शी (prakāśīya dūrdarśī). See Optical telescope meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is optical telescope?
Optical telescope is a noun.
What is the plural of optical telescope?
The plural of optical telescope is optical telescopes.

Words near optical telescope in the dictionary

  1. optical spectra
  2. optical spectrum
  3. optical spectrums
  4. optical switch
  5. optical switches
  6. optical telescope
  7. optical telescopes
  8. optical trackpad
  9. optical trackpads
  10. optical trap
  11. optical traps

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