English Explanatory Dictionary

water telescope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A telescope in which the medium between the objective and the eyepiece is water instead of air, used in some experiments involving aberration.
  2. A telescope devised for looking into a body of water.

Word forms

water telescope water telescopes
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