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

1 sense of newtonian telescope

Sense 1
Newtonian telescope, Newtonian reflector -- (reflecting telescope in which the image is viewed through an eyepiece perpendicular to main axis)
       => 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")