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Definition of electron telescope
: an electron-optical instrument that penetrates obstacles to vision (such as fog, smoke, darkness, or distance) by means of infrared rays, the image being focused on a photosensitive cathode that in turn produces the final enlarged electron image on a fluorescent screen
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