refractor
a person or thing that refracts.
See under telescope (def. 1).
Origin of refractor
1Words Nearby refractor
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How to use refractor in a sentence
Another really good sort of classic starter would be a three- to four-inch refractor and for the refractor, I would probably recommend a manual equatorial mount.
How to view your favorite planets and astronomical events | Jen McCaffery | July 21, 2021 | Popular-ScienceI will be observing her through the sixty-inch refractor to-night.
In the refractor the observer looks toward the object; in the reflector he looks away from it.
Pleasures of the telescope | Garrett ServissThe refractor achieves this by means of a carefully shaped lens, called the object glass, or objective.
Pleasures of the telescope | Garrett ServissThe answer is, that the refractor gives more light and better definition.
Pleasures of the telescope | Garrett Serviss
In what follows I have only a refractor in mind, although the same principles would apply to a reflector.
Pleasures of the telescope | Garrett Serviss
British Dictionary definitions for refractor
/ (rɪˈfræktə) /
an object or material that refracts
another name for refracting telescope
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