Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun coude_telescope

1 sense of coude telescope

Sense 1
coude telescope, coude system -- (a reflecting telescope so constructed that the light is led to a plate holder or spectrograph)
       => reflecting telescope, reflector -- (optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece; "Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope in 1668")