Refracting
21refracting media — the transparent tissues and fluids in the eye through which light rays pass and by which they are refracted and brought to a focus on the retina; the structures include the cornea, aqueous humor, crystalline lens, and vitreous body. Called also… …
22refracting telescope — noun a telescope which uses a converging lens to collect the light …
23refracting telescope — noun (C) an instrument for seeing distant objects that refracts images by passing them through a lens (=a piece of glass) …
24refracting telescope — Galileo Galilei …
25refracting telescope — refract′ing tel escope n. opt See under telescope 1) • Etymology: 1755–65 …
26refracting telescope — /rəˌfræktɪŋ ˈtɛləskoʊp/ (say ruh.frakting teluhskohp) noun a telescope consisting essentially of a lens for forming an image and an eyepiece for viewing it. See telescope (def. 1) …
27refracting telescope — noun optical telescope that has a large convex lens that produces an image that is viewed through the eyepiece • Hypernyms: ↑optical telescope • Hyponyms: ↑field glass, ↑glass, ↑spyglass, ↑Galilean telescope …
28refracting angle — noun : the dihedral angle (as of a prism) included between the planes of the two sides through which the refracted beam passes compare refraction angle …
29refracting system — noun : refractive system …
30refracting telescope. — See under telescope (def. 1). Also called refractor. [1755 65] …