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Examples of radio telescope in a Sentence
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The transmitter is not a dish, like a radio telescope in reverse.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 May 2024
Astronomers could, in just the next few years, start to solve the problem in a remarkable way: Putting radio telescopes on the far side of the moon, where the moon’s mass would block out all that electronic noise.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2024
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First Known Use
1947, in the meaning defined above
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“Radio telescope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20telescope. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
radio telescope
noun
: a radio receiver-antenna combination used for observation in radio astronomy
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