CASSEGRAINIAN TELESCOPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cassegrainian telescope mean? 

• CASSEGRAINIAN TELESCOPE (noun)
  The noun CASSEGRAINIAN TELESCOPE has 1 sense:

1. a reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror; light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror

  Familiarity information: CASSEGRAINIAN TELESCOPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASSEGRAINIAN TELESCOPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror; light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Cassegrainian telescope; Gregorian telescope

Hypernyms ("Cassegrainian 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)