HERSCHELIAN TELESCOPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Herschelian telescope mean? 

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

1. a reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewed

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERSCHELIAN TELESCOPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Herschelian telescope; off-axis reflector

Hypernyms ("Herschelian 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)