radio telescope

noun

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

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For the first time ever, a very low frequency radio telescope has successfully sent back astronomical data from the lunar surface. Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025 Locked in a stellar dance To solve the Milky Way mystery, de Ruiter devised a method to identify radio pulses lasting seconds to minutes within the archives of the Low-Frequency Array telescope, or LOFAR, a network of radio telescopes throughout Europe. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025 However, the powerful ALMA radio telescope in Chile provided enough resolution to witness the performance. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025 An international team of astronomers first identified the radio jet while using the Low Frequency Array, or LOFAR, Telescope, a network of radio telescopes throughout Europe. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for radio telescope

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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

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

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