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Schmidt-Cassegrain

Schmidt-Cassegrain is the ellipsis of Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.

Meaning of Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope

Noun

Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope (plural Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes)

  1. A catadioptric telescope that combines a Cassegrain reflector's optical path with a Schmidt corrector plate to make a compact astronomical instrument that uses simple spherical surfaces.

Forms of Schmidt-Cassegrain

pluralSchmidt-Cassegrains

Phrases with Schmidt-Cassegrain

Questions about Schmidt-Cassegrain

What is Schmidt-Cassegrain the ellipsis of?
Schmidt-Cassegrain is the ellipsis of Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.

Words near Schmidt-Cassegrain in the dictionary

  1. Schmidt reactions
  2. Schmidt rearrangement
  3. Schmidt rearrangements
  4. Schmidt telescope
  5. Schmidt telescopes
  6. Schmidt-Cassegrain
  7. Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope
  8. Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes
  9. Schmidt-Cassegrains
  10. Schmidtian
  11. Schmidtke

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