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refractor
[ ri-frak-ter ]
refractor
/ rɪˈfræktə /
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Origin of refractor1
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Example Sentences
Another really good sort of classic starter would be a three- to four-inch refractor and for the refractor, I would probably recommend a manual equatorial mount.
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I will be observing her through the sixty-inch refractor to-night.
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In the refractor the observer looks toward the object; in the reflector he looks away from it.
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The refractor achieves this by means of a carefully shaped lens, called the object glass, or objective.
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The answer is, that the refractor gives more light and better definition.
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In what follows I have only a refractor in mind, although the same principles would apply to a reflector.
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