Meanings
nounradio telescope (plural radio telescopes)
plural radio telescopes
- astronomyA device for observing astronomical sources of radio waves, normally having one or more large parabolic dishes.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounastronomical telescope that picks up electromagnetic radiations in the radio-frequency range from extraterrestrial sources
Similar
radio reflector
Broader
astronomical telescope
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مِقْرَاب رَادْيُوي, مِقْرَاب الكَاشُوفِي
- مِقْرَاب رَادْيُوي (miqrāb rādyūy)astronomical device
- مِقْرَاب الكَاشُوفِي (miqrāb al-kāšūfī)astronomical device
Basque irrati-teleskopio
- irrati-teleskopioastronomical device
Bengali বেতার দূরবীক্ষণ যন্ত্র
- বেতার দূরবীক্ষণ যন্ত্র (betar durbikkhon jontro)astronomical device
Bulgarian радиотелескоп
- радиотелескоп (radioteleskop)astronomical device
Catalan radiotelescopi
- radiotelescopiastronomical device
Chinese Mandarin 射電望遠鏡 /射电望远镜, 電波望遠鏡 /电波望远镜
- 射電望遠鏡 /射电望远镜 (shèdiàn wàngyuǎnjìng)astronomical device
- 電波望遠鏡 /电波望远镜 (diànbō wàngyuǎnjìng)astronomical device
Czech radioteleskop
- radioteleskopastronomical device
Danish radioteleskop
- radioteleskopastronomical device
Dutch radiotelescoop
- radiotelescoopastronomical device
Esperanto radioteleskopo
- radioteleskopoastronomical device
Estonian raadioteleskoop
- raadioteleskoopastronomical device
Finnish radioteleskooppi
- radioteleskooppiastronomical device
French radiotélescope
- radiotélescopeastronomical device
German Radioteleskop
- Radioteleskopastronomical device
Greek ραδιοτηλεσκόπιο
- ραδιοτηλεσκόπιο (radiotileskópio)astronomical device
Hebrew רדיו־טלסקופ
- רדיו־טלסקופ (rádyo-teleskop)astronomical device
Hindi रेडियो दूरदर्शक, रेडियो दूरदर्शी
- रेडियो दूरदर्शक (reḍiyo dūrdarśak)astronomical device
- रेडियो दूरदर्शी (reḍiyo dūrdarśī)astronomical device
Hungarian rádiótávcső, rádióteleszkóp
- rádiótávcsőastronomical device
- rádióteleszkópastronomical device
Icelandic útvarpssjónauki
- útvarpssjónaukiastronomical device
Indonesian teleskop radio
- teleskop radioastronomical device
Italian radiotelescopio
- radiotelescopioastronomical device
Japanese 電波望遠鏡
- 電波望遠鏡 (denpa bōenkyō)astronomical device
Korean 전파 망원경
- 전파 망원경 (jeonpa mang'won'gyeong)astronomical device
Latvian radioteleskops
- radioteleskopsastronomical device
Lithuanian radioteleskopas
- radioteleskopasastronomical device
Malay teleskop radio
- teleskop radioastronomical device
Norwegian Bokmål radioteleskop
- radioteleskopastronomical device
Persian رادیو تلسکوپ
- رادیو تلسکوپ (râdio teleskop)astronomical device
Polish radioteleskop
- radioteleskopastronomical device
Portuguese radiotelescópio
- radiotelescópioastronomical device
Romanian radiotelescop
- radiotelescopastronomical device
Russian радиотелеско́п
- радиотелеско́п (radioteleskóp)astronomical device
Slovak radioteleskop
- radioteleskopastronomical device
Spanish radiotelescopio
- radiotelescopioastronomical device
Swedish radioteleskop
- radioteleskopastronomical device
Tagalog daksipat-diglap
- daksipat-diglapastronomical device
Tamil வானொலி அதிர்வெண் தொலைநோக்கி
- வானொலி அதிர்வெண் தொலைநோக்கி (vāṉoli atirveṇ tolainōkki)astronomical device
Thai กล้องโทรทรรศน์วิทยุ
- กล้องโทรทรรศน์วิทยุ (glông-toh-rá-tát-wít-tá-yú)astronomical device
Turkish radyo teleskobu
- radyo teleskobuastronomical device
Ukrainian радіотелеско́п
- радіотелеско́п (radioteleskóp)astronomical device
Vietnamese kính viễn vọng vô tuyến
- kính viễn vọng vô tuyếnastronomical device
Cite this entry
APA
radio telescope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radio%20telescope
MLA
“radio telescope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radio%20telescope. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “radio telescope,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radio%20telescope.
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