electron telescope


noun
  1. a telescope in which an infrared image of a distant object is focused on the photosensitive cathode of an image tube.

Origin of electron telescope

1
First recorded in 1945–50

Words Nearby electron telescope

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How to use electron telescope in a sentence

  • It was highly improbable that the guard-boat would carry an electron telescope.

    Pariah Planet | Murray Leinster
  • The electron telescope could detect its larger planets, especially a gas-giant fifth-orbit world of high albedo.

    This World Is Taboo | Murray Leinster
  • It was highly improbable that the guard boat would carry an electron telescope.

    This World Is Taboo | Murray Leinster
  • From this distance, though, even with an electron telescope, Calhoun could see no movement of any sort.

    The Hate Disease | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • He'd watched the ground through the electron telescope and he had a mental picture of the city from the sky.

    The Hate Disease | William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for electron telescope

electron telescope

noun
  1. an astronomical telescope with an attachment for converting the infrared radiation emitted from the surface of planets into a visible image

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