telescope
Noun
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is a type of: magnifier - a scientific instrument that magnifies an imagesubtypes:
- astronomical telescope - any telescope designed to collect and record electromagnetic radiation from cosmic sources
- collimator - a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one
- equatorial - 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
- solar telescope - a telescope designed to make observations of the sun
- transit instrument - a telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian
has:- aperture - a device that controls amount of light admitted
- finder, view finder, viewfinder - optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest
- optical prism, prism - optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image
same as: scope
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