radio telescope

noun

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

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And overall there are almost as many operational radio telescopes as there are visible-light ones. Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2026 The Jodrell Bank radio telescope in the U.K. observed the signal from the lunar module Eagle landing on the Moon and was even able to see when Neil Armstrong took manual control of the spacecraft. Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026 The extra data came from observations with SALT, the Southern African Large Optical Telescope, and the MeerKAT radio telescope array in South Africa. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 May 2026 For comparison, modern radio telescopes can detect signals down to about 1 Jansky. Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026 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

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

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