English Explanatory Dictionary

Cassegrainian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to Laurent Cassegrain (ca. 1629—1693), Catholic priest remembered as the probable inventor of the Cassegrain reflector, a folded two-mirror reflecting telescope.

Word forms

Cassegrainian more Cassegrainian most Cassegrainian

Etymology

From Cassegrain + -ian.

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