refractor

[ ri-frak-ter ]

noun

1. a person or thing that refracts.
2. telescope1

refractor

/ rɪˈfræktə /

noun

1. an object or material that refracts
2. another name for refracting telescope

Word History and Origins

Origin of refractor¹

First recorded in 1630–40; refract + -or ²

Example Sentences

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.

From Popular-Science

I will be observing her through the sixty-inch refractor to-night.

From Project Gutenberg

In the refractor the observer looks toward the object; in the reflector he looks away from it.

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The refractor achieves this by means of a carefully shaped lens, called the object glass, or objective.

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The answer is, that the refractor gives more light and better definition.

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In what follows I have only a refractor in mind, although the same principles would apply to a reflector.

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