radio telescopenoun [ C ]
uk/ˌreɪ.di.əʊ ˈtel.ɪ.skəʊp/us/ˌreɪ.di.oʊ ˈtel.ə.skoʊp/a device for receiving, for scientific study, the electromagnetic waves sent out by objects in space such as stars
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Astronomy
- asteroid
- astral
- astro-
- astrolabe
- astronomer
- geostationary orbit
- gibbous
- heavenly body
- interplanetary
- interstellar
- planetoid
- Pleiades
- plough
- Pluto
- Polaris
- Uranus
- Venus
- vernal equinox
- wane
- white dwarf
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