reflecting telescope

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noun

a type of telescope in which the initial image is formed by a concave mirrorAlso called: reflector Compare refracting telescope

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Words nearby reflecting telescope

reflation, reflect, reflectance, reflected plan, reflecting, reflecting telescope, reflection, reflection coefficient, reflection density, reflection nebula, reflection plane

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How to use reflecting telescope in a sentence

Ultimately, reflecting other people's reaction was highly effective.
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Traditional coach seats gave the illusion of comfortable padding but were angular, not reflecting body shapes.
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“The whole ordeal gave me a thicker skin,” she said, reflecting on the incident.
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I love The Affair for bravely reflecting back to us that murky grey area of not knowing.
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Williams did it with me several times, for instance when I mentioned the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Another crash, which nearly shut up his spine like a telescope, told him that there were no wings.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
And then he walked about the room, reflecting on the curse of his life—his besetting sin—irresolution.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
Odd differences, reflecting differences of intelligence, show themselves in the management of this diagram of the human face.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Rabecque, reflecting his master's mood—as becomes a good lackey—rode silent and gloomy a pace or two in the rear.
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To spy out the land with a naval telescope over a mile of sea means taking a lot on trust as we learned to our cost on April 25th.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton

Scientific definitions for reflecting telescope

reflecting telescope

[ rĭ-flĕk′tĭng ]

See under telescope.