coude system

1. 1.

   a reflecting telescope so constructed that the light is led to a plate holder or spectrograph

   Synonymscoude telescope

   Broaderreflecting telescope

Questions about coude system

What does coude system mean?

coude system means "a reflecting telescope so constructed that the light is led to a plate holder or spectrograph".

What is another word for coude system?

Close synonyms include coude telescope. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coude system a common word?

coude system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.