terrestrial telescope

American  

noun

1. a refracting telescope having inverting lenses or an eyepiece that presents an erect image.

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terrestrial telescope British  

noun

1. a telescope for use on earth rather than for making astronomical observations. Such telescopes contain an additional lens or prism system to produce an erect image Compare astronomical telescope

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Etymology

Origin of terrestrial telescope

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

The lack of atmosphere made it possible to use a power of magnification that no terrestrial telescope may use.

From The Black Star Passes by Campbell, John Wood

Ramsden’s dioptric micrometer consists of a divided lens placed in the conjugate focus of the innermost lens of the erecting eye-tube of a terrestrial telescope.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

A megaphone and a huge terrestrial telescope on a tripod stood in one corner.

From The Land of Footprints by White, Stewart Edward