radio telescope

noun

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

Examples of radio telescope in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Mason came to the conclusion by using a specific simulation of the Milky Way, called the Besançon Galactic Model, and then comparing it to surveys of the sky conducted by the Green Bank and Parkes radio telescopes. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026

The world’s most sensitive radio telescope array is set to be built in the Nevada desert. — Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 21 June 2026

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array or ALMA radio telescopes in Chile, Gorski and Murchikova created the most detailed map ever of cold gas around of Sagittarius A* and then removed all of the radio interference from the object. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 16 June 2026

Gorski and his colleague, Northwestern physics and astronomy professor Elena Murchikova, used five years' worth of extremely deep observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescopes in Chile. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 4 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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Kids Definition

radio telescope

noun

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