radio telescope

noun

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

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Researchers utilized a fast radio burst-hunting machine called CHIME, or the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment radio telescope, to uncover both bursts. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025 The radio telescope array in Australia being used is capable of looking for signs of life in star systems both in our Milky Way galaxy and in 2,800 galaxies beyond. Jamie Carter, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024 The data that went into constructing those images came from seven radio telescopes spread over the globe, including the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, in Hawaii (left). IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2020 As radio telescopes like MeerKAT get more sensitive, more and more GRGs are being discovered. Jamie Carter, Forbes, 20 Jan. 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 16 Feb. 2025.

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radio telescope

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

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