radio telescope

noun

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

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The sky is awash with radio-frequency interference (RFI), but thanks to two astronomers who tracked down a stray TV broadcast reflected off a passing airplane, there may be a new way to wipe out some of the rogue signals that plague our radio telescopes. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025 Next-generation radio telescopes are focusing not on the galaxies but on the neutral hydrogen that once pervaded all of space. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Jan. 2025 Another potential hot spot is the moon’s far-side equatorial region, where massive radio telescopes could one day be sited. Alessandro Balossino, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2022 Researchers utilized a fast radio burst-hunting machine called CHIME, or the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment radio telescope, to uncover both bursts. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Jan. 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 28 Feb. 2025.

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radio telescope

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

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