"water telescope" meaning in English

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Noun

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.
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