GALILEAN TELESCOPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Galilean telescope mean? 

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

1. a type of refracting telescope that is no longer used in astronomy

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALILEAN TELESCOPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A type of refracting telescope that is no longer used in astronomy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Galilean telescope" is a kind of...):

refracting telescope (optical telescope that has a large convex lens that produces an image that is viewed through the eyepiece)