radio telescope

noun

: a radio receiver-antenna combination used for observation in radio astronomy

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Connecting all of these radio telescopes provides the highest resolution available in astronomy, giving us the fine details of distant cosmic jets. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025 Combined, the ground-to-space radio telescope network formed an interferometer with a baseline (i.e., its virtual aperture) that was five times the diameter of Earth, and this enabled sensational resolving power. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2025 The facility is still examining how humans can potentially colonize other planets and has a radio telescope to communicate with satellites. Alina Hartounian, NPR, 7 July 2025 Now, the most detailed image ever of the permanent jet blasting away from the more massive black hole, taken by a network of radio telescopes on Earth and in space, strongly supports the binary black hole model. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for radio telescope

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First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of radio telescope was in 1947

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“Radio telescope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20telescope. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.

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radio telescope

noun
: a radio receiver-antenna combination used for observation in radio astronomy

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