Usually means: Mirrors gather light, magnify images.
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  1. reflecting telescopes: Merriam-Webster
  2. reflecting telescopes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. reflecting telescopes: Vocabulary.com
  4. reflecting telescopes: Wiktionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (reflecting telescope)

noun:  A telescope which produces a magnified image by reflecting light through a series of mirrors housed in a tube, using a large curved mirror to gather the light and one or more additional mirrors to transmit the light to an eyepiece.
▸ Also see reflecting_telescope


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