Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that refracts.
- noun A refracting telescope.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A refracting telescope. See
telescope .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Opt.) Anything that refracts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
refracting telescope . - noun anything which refracts
light ,heat orsound
Etymologies
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Examples
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Combine one of these with a good wedge, a quality 100 mm f5 refractor, a great objective and you might have the perfect backpack telescope ...
tingilinde: 2009
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Combine one of these with a good wedge, a quality 100 mm f5 refractor, a great objective and you might have the perfect backpack telescope ...
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Each box of the new series will include two serial numbered chrome parallel cards (numbered to 1959) or refractor cards (numbered to 559) or black border refractor cards (numbered to 59).
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These chrome and refractor cards extend from the original sets in Heritage (numbers 1-100) and Topps Chrome (numbers 101-200), and these new chrome cards will be numbers 201-300.
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The splendid 24-inch refractor through which he had stared at Mars for countless hours was still in use.
Tin 2010
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Like all good directors, Dreyer somehow managed to get a new 1000 refractor but no funds for an assistant to practice traditional astronomy.
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast – February 12-14, 2010 | Universe Today 2010
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Though he does have another image, exactly the same stating the details of a 4in f/9 refractor.
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While watching Sirius and testing an 1800 refractor his -family built, Clark uncovered the intense starâs faint companion – Sirius B.
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: January 29-31, 2010 | Universe Today 2010
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Daniel lived in Zurich, Switzerland and did his imaging remotely through his Takahashi FSQ106N refractor located in his robotic observatory in Southern France.
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From its glistening black with gold fleck paint, to its spotless white trim, this is one very well put together refractor.
The Sky-Watcher AZ4 102 Refractor Telescope… How Sweet It is! | Universe Today 2009
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