RADIO TELESCOPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radio telescope mean? 

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

1. astronomical telescope that picks up electromagnetic radiations in the radio-frequency range from extraterrestrial sources

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADIO TELESCOPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Astronomical telescope that picks up electromagnetic radiations in the radio-frequency range from extraterrestrial sources

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

radio reflector; radio telescope

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "radio telescope"):

dish; dish aerial; dish antenna; saucer (directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation)

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

radio interferometer (radio telescope that uses interference patterns from two antennas instead of a parabolic antenna)

 Context examples 

Observations of two galaxies made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope suggest that large galaxies formed faster than scientists had previously thought.

(Massive primordial galaxies found in ‘halo’ of dark matter, National Science Foundation)

In November 2018 the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope pinpointed a fast radio burst, named FRB 181112.

(Enigmatic radio burst illuminates a galaxy’s tranquil ​halo, ESO)

Using the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array radio telescope, a team of astronomers has captured for the first time an image of large-scale, coherent, magnetic fields in the halo of a faraway spiral galaxy, confirming theoretical modeling of how galaxies generate magnetic fields and potentially increasing knowledge of how galaxies form and evolve.

(Giant magnetic ropes seen in Whale Galaxy's halo, National Science Foundation)