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refracting telescope

  1. a telescope in which a large biconvex lens causes light rays to converge to a focus, forming an image magnified by a biconvex eyepiece
  2. a similar telescope in which the converging rays are intercepted by a biconcave eyepiece

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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