English words for 'A refracting telescope.'
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noun
- a small refracting telescope
- A telescope.
- a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking
- a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
- the quantity a glass will hold
- a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
- an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
- glassware collectively
- (countable, uncountable, by extension) Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).
- A mirror.
- (countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- A barometer.
- (basketball, colloquial) The backboard.
- (metonymic) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
- A magnifying glass or loupe.
- (uncountable, photography, informal) Lenses, considered collectively.
- (uncountable) Glassware.
- (usually uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
- (ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
verb
- put in a glass container
- furnish with glass
- scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
- become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
- enclose with glass
- (transitive) To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
- (transitive) To fit with glass; to glaze.
- (transitive, science fiction) To bombard an area with such intensity (by means of a nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
- (transitive, UK, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
- (intransitive) To become glassy.
- (transitive) To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
- (transitive) To make glassy.
- (transitive) Clipping of fibreglass (“to fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass)”).
- (transitive) To enclose in glass.
noun
- A reflecting telescope.
- optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece
- A safety reflector.
- (cellular automata) A pattern which can change the direction and/or offset of an oncoming spaceship without being destroyed.
- Something which reflects heat, light or sound, especially something having a reflecting surface.
- A small, often red, reflecting disk on the rear of a vehicle or bicycle that reflects the headlights of other vehicles.
- One who reflects on something; one who thinks or considers at length.
- Something that is reflective (indicative) of something else.
- device that reflects radiation
noun
- A mirror, especially one used in a telescope.
- A lookout place.
- (medicine) A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.
- (ornithology) A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
- a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior
- a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument
adj
- visible only with a telescope
- Pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope.
- having parts that slide one within another
- capable of discerning distant objects
- Referring to parts being extended or retracted along coinciding axes (with or without direct contact between the parts).
- (chiefly astronomy) Seen by means of a telescope; only visible through a telescope.
- Capable of seeing distant objects; far-seeing.
- Able to be extended or retracted by the use of parts that slide over one another.
noun
- optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece
- A telescope which produces a magnified image by reflecting light through a series of mirrors housed in a tube, using a large curved mirror to gather the light and one or more additional mirrors to transmit the light to an eyepiece.
noun
- a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one
- (astronomy) A small telescope attached to a larger one, used to point it in the correct general direction.
- optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens; light rays leave the slit as a parallel beam
- (physics) An optical device that generates a parallel beam of light. Often used to compensate for laser beam divergence.
- (physics) A similar device that produces a parallel beam of particles such as neutrons.
noun
- The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.
- The part of a lock that transmits motion from the hub to the latch bolt.
- (printing) An ornamental design at the end of a chapter or page.
- (music, lutherie) An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument.
- (architecture) A short joist between a header and a wall.
- An appendage or appendix.
- appendage added to extend the length of something
verb
- To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
- (transitive, baseball) To strike (the ball) very hard.
- (transitive) To convey on poles.
- To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
- (transitive) To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.
- (transitive) To furnish with poles for support.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To treat (copper) by blowing natural gas or other reducing agent through the molten oxide, burning off the oxygen.
- (transitive) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
- deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
- propel with a pole
- support on poles
noun
- Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
- (US, African-American Vernacular, slang) A rifle.
- (figuratively, by extension) Any of a small set of extremes; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available.
- (complex analysis) For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z)→∞ as z→a.
- A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
- (cricket, slang) A wicket, especially in the context of the number of wickets taken by a particular bowler.
- Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
- (motor racing) A pole position.
- (vulgar, slang) A penis.
- (electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
- (fishing) A type of basic fishing rod.
- A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
- (historical) A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹⁄₄ chain or 5+¹⁄₂ yards).
- (geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
- A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
- Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
- (slang, spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
- one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
- a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
- a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
- one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
- a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
- a square rod of land
- one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
name
adj
noun
phrase
noun
- a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it
- (astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.
adj
- of or relating to or at an equator
- of or existing at or near the geographic equator
- of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator
- (geography) Of, near, or relating to the equator.
- Relating to the midline of any approximately spherical object.
- (organic chemistry) of a bond, lying approximately in the plane of a ring, perpendicular to its axis
verb
noun
- The act of extending or contracting in the manner of a telescope.
- A telescopic action.
- (psychology) The temporal displacement of an event in which people perceive recent events as being more remote than they are and distant events as being more recent than they are.
- Extending limited data to make up for gaps
adj
noun
- A square array of sensors forming part of a large telescope.
- (US, slang, when ordering food) A slice of toast.
- A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals, particularly a group of penguins when in the water.
- A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
- (cooking) A mass of congealed solids that forms on a consommé because of the protein in the egg white.
- (by extension) Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion.
- A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.
- (US) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.
- a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
- a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
noun
- A telescope which, unlike most telescopes used for astronomical purposes, contains an arrangement of lenses presenting an erect (non-inverted) image to the observer, suitable for observation of objects on the Earth's surface.
- (astronomy) An astronomical telescope which is physically located on the surface of the Earth, as distinct from a telescope located in outer space.
noun
- The hole to which the viewer places his or her eye in a device such as a telescope.
- The hole in a mask, helmet, or costume corresponding to the position of the eye, allowing the eye to look through it.
- The hole in the face where the eye resides.
- a hole (in a door or an oven etc.) through which you can peep
- a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar
noun
- an instrument used to measure the angular separation of two stars that are too far apart to be included in the field of view of an ordinary telescope
- An astronomical instrument, based on a telescope, for measuring the diameter of the sun; now used to measure the angular distance between stars and other celestial bodies.
noun
- An astronomical object.
- (religion, chiefly Christianity) The recreated, angel-like body that people will have in heaven.
- A natural celestial object, visible in the sky, such as a star, planet, natural satellite, asteroid, comet, the Moon or the Sun. Objects flying or moving in the atmosphere are not usually considered as heavenly bodies.
- natural objects visible in the sky
noun
- a reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror; light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror
- A type of reflecting telescope having two concave mirrors: the primary mirror (a paraboloid) collects the light and brings it to a focus before the secondary mirror (a ellipsoid), where it is reflected back through a hole in the centre of the primary, and thence out the bottom end of the instrument, where it can be viewed with the aid of the eyepiece.
noun
- a small refracting telescope
- A telescope.
- a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking
- a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
- the quantity a glass will hold
- a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
- an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
- glassware collectively
- (countable, uncountable, by extension) Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).
- A mirror.
- (countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- A barometer.
- (basketball, colloquial) The backboard.
- (metonymic) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
- A magnifying glass or loupe.
- (uncountable, photography, informal) Lenses, considered collectively.
- (uncountable) Glassware.
- (usually uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
- (ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
verb
- put in a glass container
- furnish with glass
- scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
- become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
- enclose with glass
- (transitive) To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
- (transitive) To fit with glass; to glaze.
- (transitive, science fiction) To bombard an area with such intensity (by means of a nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
- (transitive, UK, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
- (intransitive) To become glassy.
- (transitive) To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
- (transitive) To make glassy.
- (transitive) Clipping of fibreglass (“to fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass)”).
- (transitive) To enclose in glass.
noun
- A reflecting telescope.
- optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece
- A safety reflector.
- (cellular automata) A pattern which can change the direction and/or offset of an oncoming spaceship without being destroyed.
- Something which reflects heat, light or sound, especially something having a reflecting surface.
- A small, often red, reflecting disk on the rear of a vehicle or bicycle that reflects the headlights of other vehicles.
- One who reflects on something; one who thinks or considers at length.
- Something that is reflective (indicative) of something else.
- device that reflects radiation
noun
- A mirror, especially one used in a telescope.
- A lookout place.
- (medicine) A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.
- (ornithology) A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
- a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior
- a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument
noun
- optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece
- A telescope which produces a magnified image by reflecting light through a series of mirrors housed in a tube, using a large curved mirror to gather the light and one or more additional mirrors to transmit the light to an eyepiece.
noun
- a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one
- (astronomy) A small telescope attached to a larger one, used to point it in the correct general direction.
- optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens; light rays leave the slit as a parallel beam
- (physics) An optical device that generates a parallel beam of light. Often used to compensate for laser beam divergence.
- (physics) A similar device that produces a parallel beam of particles such as neutrons.
noun
- The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.
- The part of a lock that transmits motion from the hub to the latch bolt.
- (printing) An ornamental design at the end of a chapter or page.
- (music, lutherie) An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument.
- (architecture) A short joist between a header and a wall.
- An appendage or appendix.
- appendage added to extend the length of something
noun
- a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it
- (astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.
adj
- of or relating to or at an equator
- of or existing at or near the geographic equator
- of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator
- (geography) Of, near, or relating to the equator.
- Relating to the midline of any approximately spherical object.
- (organic chemistry) of a bond, lying approximately in the plane of a ring, perpendicular to its axis
noun
- A square array of sensors forming part of a large telescope.
- (US, slang, when ordering food) A slice of toast.
- A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals, particularly a group of penguins when in the water.
- A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
- (cooking) A mass of congealed solids that forms on a consommé because of the protein in the egg white.
- (by extension) Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion.
- A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.
- (US) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.
- a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
- a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
noun
- A telescope which, unlike most telescopes used for astronomical purposes, contains an arrangement of lenses presenting an erect (non-inverted) image to the observer, suitable for observation of objects on the Earth's surface.
- (astronomy) An astronomical telescope which is physically located on the surface of the Earth, as distinct from a telescope located in outer space.
noun
- The hole to which the viewer places his or her eye in a device such as a telescope.
- The hole in a mask, helmet, or costume corresponding to the position of the eye, allowing the eye to look through it.
- The hole in the face where the eye resides.
- a hole (in a door or an oven etc.) through which you can peep
- a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar
noun
- an instrument used to measure the angular separation of two stars that are too far apart to be included in the field of view of an ordinary telescope
- An astronomical instrument, based on a telescope, for measuring the diameter of the sun; now used to measure the angular distance between stars and other celestial bodies.
noun
- An astronomical object.
- (religion, chiefly Christianity) The recreated, angel-like body that people will have in heaven.
- A natural celestial object, visible in the sky, such as a star, planet, natural satellite, asteroid, comet, the Moon or the Sun. Objects flying or moving in the atmosphere are not usually considered as heavenly bodies.
- natural objects visible in the sky
noun
- a reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror; light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror
- A type of reflecting telescope having two concave mirrors: the primary mirror (a paraboloid) collects the light and brings it to a focus before the secondary mirror (a ellipsoid), where it is reflected back through a hole in the centre of the primary, and thence out the bottom end of the instrument, where it can be viewed with the aid of the eyepiece.
verb
noun
- The act of extending or contracting in the manner of a telescope.
- A telescopic action.
- (psychology) The temporal displacement of an event in which people perceive recent events as being more remote than they are and distant events as being more recent than they are.
- Extending limited data to make up for gaps
adj
verb
- To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
- (transitive, baseball) To strike (the ball) very hard.
- (transitive) To convey on poles.
- To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
- (transitive) To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.
- (transitive) To furnish with poles for support.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To treat (copper) by blowing natural gas or other reducing agent through the molten oxide, burning off the oxygen.
- (transitive) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
- deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
- propel with a pole
- support on poles
noun
- Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
- (US, African-American Vernacular, slang) A rifle.
- (figuratively, by extension) Any of a small set of extremes; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available.
- (complex analysis) For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z)→∞ as z→a.
- A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
- (cricket, slang) A wicket, especially in the context of the number of wickets taken by a particular bowler.
- Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
- (motor racing) A pole position.
- (vulgar, slang) A penis.
- (electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
- (fishing) A type of basic fishing rod.
- A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
- (historical) A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹⁄₄ chain or 5+¹⁄₂ yards).
- (geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
- A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
- Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
- (slang, spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
- one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
- a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
- a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
- one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
- a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
- a square rod of land
- one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
verb
noun
- The act of extending or contracting in the manner of a telescope.
- A telescopic action.
- (psychology) The temporal displacement of an event in which people perceive recent events as being more remote than they are and distant events as being more recent than they are.
- Extending limited data to make up for gaps
adj
adj
- visible only with a telescope
- Pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope.
- having parts that slide one within another
- capable of discerning distant objects
- Referring to parts being extended or retracted along coinciding axes (with or without direct contact between the parts).
- (chiefly astronomy) Seen by means of a telescope; only visible through a telescope.
- Capable of seeing distant objects; far-seeing.
- Able to be extended or retracted by the use of parts that slide over one another.