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refracting telescope
noun
- a type of telescope in which the image is formed by a set of lenses Also calledrefractor Compare reflecting telescope
refracting telescope
/ rĭ-frăk′tĭng /
- See under telescope
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Though not the inventor, he was the first to construct a refracting telescope and apply it to astronomical research.
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In precisely a similar manner an image is formed at the focus of the object glass of a refracting telescope.
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A refracting telescope which has been freed from the effects of chromatic aberration is called achromatic.
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Greenwich time on February 17th, 1897, through a powerful refracting telescope.
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An achromatic refracting telescope, of three and a half feet, and triple object glass, made by Mr Dollond.
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