Refractor

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Refractor \Re*fract"or\ (r?-fr?kt"?r), n.
     Anything that refracts; specifically: (Opt.) A refracting
     telescope, in which the image to be viewed is formed by the
     refraction of light in passing through a convex lens.
     [1913 Webster]



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "refractor":
     Cassegrainian telescope, Newtonian telescope, OAO, OSO,
     astronomical observatory, astronomical telescope, coelostat,
     coronagraph, coronograph, heliostat, observatory, orrery,
     planetarium, radar telescope, radio observatory, radio telescope,
     reflector, spectrograph, spectroheliograph, spectrohelioscope,
     spectroscope, telescope