NEWTONIAN TELESCOPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Newtonian telescope mean? 

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

1. reflecting telescope in which the image is viewed through an eyepiece perpendicular to main axis

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEWTONIAN TELESCOPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reflecting telescope in which the image is viewed through an eyepiece perpendicular to main axis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Newtonian reflector; Newtonian telescope

Hypernyms ("Newtonian 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)