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radio telescope

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A device used in radio astronomy for detecting and recording radio waves coming from stars and other celestial objects, usually consisting of a radio receiver with an antenna fixed on a wide bowl-shaped reflector that collects the waves.

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  • noun astronomy A device for observing astronomical sources of radio waves, normally having one or more large parabolic dishes.

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  • noun astronomical telescope that picks up electromagnetic radiations in the radio-frequency range from extraterrestrial sources

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