herschelian telescope

1. 1.

   a reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewed

   Synonymsoff-axis reflector

   Broaderreflecting telescope

Questions about herschelian telescope

What does herschelian telescope mean?

herschelian telescope means "a reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewed".

What is another word for herschelian telescope?

Close synonyms include off-axis reflector. 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 herschelian telescope a common word?

herschelian telescope 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.