OPTICAL TELESCOPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does optical telescope mean? 

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

1. an astronomical telescope designed to collect and record light from cosmic sources

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPTICAL TELESCOPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An astronomical telescope designed to collect and record light from cosmic sources

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

astronomical telescope (any telescope designed to collect and record electromagnetic radiation from cosmic sources)

Meronyms (parts of "optical telescope"):

eyepiece; ocular (combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments)

object glass; object lens; objective; objective lens (the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "optical telescope"):

reflecting telescope; reflector (optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece)

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