| 单词 | light-grasping |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslight-grasping light-grasping adj. designating or relating to the ability of a telescope, binoculars, or other optical device to collect light; (also) designating an optical device that collects light; = light-gathering adj. ΚΠ 1844 W. H. Smyth Cycle Celestial Objects II. 131 My own telescope showed it [sc. the trapezium in the great nebula in Orion] to very great advantage, but it is here where the light-grasping quality of reflectors is brought advantageously to bear. 1889 Tablet 2 Nov. 688 The most powerful light-grasping instruments as yet used. 2005 B. Slater Astronomer of Rousdon 31 In spite of the great size and weight of the telescope Charles was impressed with its manoeuvrability and even more with its light-grasping power. < as lemmas |
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