"water telescope" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: water telescopes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water telescope (plural water telescopes)
  1. A telescope in which the medium between the objective and the eyepiece is water instead of air, used in some experiments involving aberration.
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  2. A telescope devised for looking into a body of water.
    Sense id: en-water_telescope-en-noun-boQBVWM9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82

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