Usually means: Telescope design by William Herschel.
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  1. Herschelian: Merriam-Webster
  2. herschelian: Wordnik
  3. Herschelian: Wiktionary
  4. Herschelian, herschelian: Dictionary.com
  5. Herschelian: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. herschelian: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Herschelian: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. herschelian: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Herschelian: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. Herschelian: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Herschelian)

▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to William Herschel (1738–1822), German-born British astronomer and composer who discovered the planet Uranus.

Similar:
Uranian, Hermian, Hermesian, Hercynian, Uranicentric, Hunterian, Herculanean, Wernerian, Hermogenic, hermeocentric, more...

Opposite:
non-herschelian, anti-herschelian, un-herschelian

Types:
reflector, refractor, catadioptric, Schmidt-Cassegrain, Maksutov-Cassegrain, Dobsonian, more...

Phrases:
herschelian telescope, more...

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Similar:
Uranian, Hermian, Hermesian, Hercynian, Uranicentric, Hunterian, Herculanean, Wernerian, Hermogenic, hermeocentric, more...

Opposite:
non-herschelian, anti-herschelian, un-herschelian

Types:
reflector, refractor, catadioptric, Schmidt-Cassegrain, Maksutov-Cassegrain, Dobsonian, more...

Phrases:
herschelian telescope, more...



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