refracting telescope

noun

1. See reflecting telescope
   a type of telescope in which the image is formed by a set of lenses Also calledrefractor Compare reflecting telescope

refracting telescope

/ rĭ-frăk′tĭng /

1. See under telescope

Example Sentences

Though not the inventor, he was the first to construct a refracting telescope and apply it to astronomical research.

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In precisely a similar manner an image is formed at the focus of the object glass of a refracting telescope.

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A refracting telescope which has been freed from the effects of chromatic aberration is called achromatic.

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Greenwich time on February 17th, 1897, through a powerful refracting telescope.

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An achromatic refracting telescope, of three and a half feet, and triple object glass, made by Mr Dollond.

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