astronomical telescope

English Thesaurus

1. any telescope designed to collect and record electromagnetic radiation from cosmic sources (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	scope, telescope,
definition	:	a magnifier of images of distant objects (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	optical telescope,
definition	:	an astronomical telescope designed to collect and record light from cosmic sources (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	radio reflector, radio telescope,
definition	:	astronomical telescope that picks up electromagnetic radiations in the radio-frequency range from extraterrestrial sources (noun.artifact)