Usually means: Optical system using lenses, magnifies.
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  1. refracting telescopes: Merriam-Webster
  2. refracting telescopes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. refracting telescopes: Vocabulary.com
  4. refracting telescopes: Wiktionary
  5. refracting telescopes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (refracting telescope)

noun:  A telescope which produces a magnified image by refracting light through a series of lenses housed in a tube, with a light-gathering objective lens at one end and an eyepiece at the other.
▸ Also see refracting_telescope


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