Definition of "radio telescope" []

• A device used in radio astronomy for detecting and recording radio waves coming from stars and other celestial objects, consisting of a radio receiver with an antenna fixed on a wide bowl-shaped reflector that collects the waves. (noun)

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• "We think there’s a two-kilometer radiodish built into a natural depression, a radio telescope or a communications dish, or both."
• "The Mark I telescope at Jodrell Bank in the United Kingdom was the first large radio telescope to be used as a tracking antenna to chart the course of the satellite."