electron telescope
a telescope in which an infrared image of a distant object is focused on the photosensitive cathode of an image tube.
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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 LeinsterThe electron telescope could detect its larger planets, especially a gas-giant fifth-orbit world of high albedo.
This World Is Taboo | Murray LeinsterIt was highly improbable that the guard boat would carry an electron telescope.
This World Is Taboo | Murray LeinsterFrom this distance, though, even with an electron telescope, Calhoun could see no movement of any sort.
The Hate Disease | William Fitzgerald JenkinsHe'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
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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