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Meaning of Gregorian telescope | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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A type of reflecting telescope having two concave mirrors: the primary mirror (a paraboloid) collects the light and brings it to a focus before the secondary mirror (a ellipsoid), where it is reflected back through a hole in the centre of the primary, and thence out the bottom end of the instrument, where it can be viewed with the aid of the eyepiece.

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B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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