Meaning Of The Word Radio telescope

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What's The Definition Of Radio telescope?

radio telescope
countable noun: A radio telescope is an instrument that receives radio waves from space and finds the position of stars and other objects in space.

radio telescope in American English
a radio antenna or an array of antennas with the component parts, designed to receive, collect, and measure radio waves from celestial sources or spacecraft
noun: a system consisting of an antenna, either parabolic or dipolar, used to gather radio waves emitted by celestial sources and bring them to a receiver placed in the focus

radio telescope in British English
noun: an instrument consisting of an antenna or system of antennas connected to one or more radio receivers, used in radio astronomy to detect and analyse radio waves from space

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