radio telescope

noun

: a radio receiver-antenna combination used for observation in radio astronomy

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Now that looks set to change thanks to the work of Jack Phelps, who has published the design of a radio telescope that anybody can build in their backyard for a few hundred dollars. The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024 Four years after the radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed, a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is shining a light on the unprecedented failures that caused its destruction. Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024 The Wi-Fi signals merely prevent the radio telescope from taking observations from a specific part of the radio spectrum—but not the whole thing. Michael Kan, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024 Yet another line of evidence comes from observations of the cosmic microwave background, the radiation left over from the very early universe, which can be studied with radio telescopes. Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for radio telescope 

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of radio telescope was in 1947

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“Radio telescope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20telescope. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.

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radio telescope

noun
: a radio receiver-antenna combination used for observation in radio astronomy

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