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What is another word for refractors?

Pronunciation: [ɹɪfɹˈaktəz] (IPA)

Refractors are optical devices used by astronomers to observe and study celestial objects. The device is also known as a refracting telescope. It works by bending light through a lens to produce an image. There are several synonyms for the term refractors, including achromatic telescope, objective lens telescope, and refracting telescope. These synonyms refer to the same optical device with the same function. The term achromatic telescope refers to a type of refractor that uses two lenses to minimize chromatic aberration. Objective lens telescope refers to the fact that the main lens is the objective lens, and refracting telescope refers to the way it bends or refracts light.
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The defects of refractors seemed irremediable, being founded in the nature of light itself.
"Pioneers of Science"
Oliver Lodge
We now purpose to go back to the ages when there were neither reflectors nor refractors in existence; and to travel beyond the bounds of ascertained fact into the regions of fiction, where abide the shades of superstition and the dreamy forms of myth.
"Moon Lore"
Timothy Harley
You can see, on the old moon, an edifice two hundred feet long with any of the fine refractors of our day.
"The-Brick-Moon-and-Other-Stories"
Hale, Edward Everett

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