reflector
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1. optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | optical telescope, |
| definition | : | an astronomical telescope designed to collect and record light from cosmic sources (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cassegrainian telescope, gregorian telescope, |
| definition | : | a reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror; light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | coude system, coude telescope, |
| definition | : | a reflecting telescope so constructed that the light is led to a plate holder or spectrograph (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | maksutov telescope, |
| definition | : | reflecting telescope in which the aberration of the concave mirror is reduced by a meniscus lens (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | schmidt camera, schmidt telescope, |
| definition | : | reflecting telescope that has plate that corrects for aberration so a wide area of sky can be photographed (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | parabolic mirror, |
| definition | : | a parabolic reflector for light radiation (noun.artifact) |
2. device that reflects radiation (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | device, |
| definition | : | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | mirror, |
| definition | : | polished surface that forms images by reflecting light (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | parabolic reflector, paraboloid reflector, |
| definition | : | a concave reflector used to produce a parallel beam when the source is placed at its focus or to focus an incoming parallel beam (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | reflect, reverberate, |
| definition | : | to throw or bend back (from a surface) (verb.perception) |
| derivation | : | reflect, reverberate, |
| definition | : | to throw or bend back (from a surface) (verb.perception) |
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