radio telescope

noun

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

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The study team used the Deep Synoptic Array, a network of 110 radio telescopes, to find and identify 39 of the fast radio bursts in the study. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 June 2025 Among these are the panoramic Vera C. Rubin Observatory, scheduled to unveil its first science images later this month, and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope. Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 3 June 2025 Very Large Array of radio telescopes in New Mexico and several facilities at the South Pole, such as the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 3 June 2025 Astronomers usually use radio telescopes to detect carbon monoxide, which is available in much lower quantities in molecular clouds, as a proxy. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Apr. 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.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20telescope. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.

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radio telescope

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

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