newtonian telescope

1. 1.

   reflecting telescope in which the image is viewed through an eyepiece perpendicular to main axis

   SynonymsNewtonian reflector

   Broaderreflecting telescope

Questions about newtonian telescope

What does newtonian telescope mean?

newtonian telescope means "reflecting telescope in which the image is viewed through an eyepiece perpendicular to main axis".

What is another word for newtonian telescope?

Close synonyms include Newtonian 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 newtonian telescope a common word?

newtonian 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.