coudé

/ kuːˈdeɪ /

adjective

(of a reflecting telescope) having plane mirrors positioned to reflect light from the primary mirror along the axis onto a detector

Origin of coudé¹

French, literally: bent in the shape of an elbow, from coude an elbow

At Paris, in 1894, with the aid of a large "equatoreal coudé," a work of similar character was set on foot by MM.

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