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From French Cassegrain + -ian.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Of or relating to Laurent Cassegrain (ca. 1629—1693), Catholic priest remembered as the probable inventor of the Cassegrain reflector, a folded two-mirror reflecting telescope. Full definition →
From French Cassegrain + -ian.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.