refractor

Noun

Meaning

Anything that refracts

A refracting telescope, in which the image to be viewed is formed by the refraction of light in passing through a convex lens.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

planetarium telescope refractive orrery spectrograph radio telescope reflecting telescope refracting telescope astronomical telescope heliostat divaricator spectroheliograph

Phrases with the word

galilean refractor

Examples

StarSense Explorer series includes four models, ranging from $180 LT 80mm refractor and 114mm reflector telescopes to larger $400 DX 102mm refractor and 130mm reflector telescopes with better light-gathering purposes and bigger tripods. Source: Internet

The 76-cm (30-inch) refractor telescope that became operational in 1888 was at that time the world's largest telescope. Source: Internet

He was among the first to use a telescope to observe the sky and after constructing a 20x refractor telescope he discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter in 1610. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

refractometric refractometrically refractometry refractorily refractoriness refractority