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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesradiotelescopio
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ra.djo.te.leˈskɔ.pjo
"Il radiotelescopio è fondamentale per l'astronomia moderna."
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A directional antenna used in radio astronomy to gather radio frequency radiation from astronomical sources in the sky.
"The massive radio telescope detected faint signals from a pulsar billions of light-years away." - 2
An instrument designed to study naturally occurring radio emission from stars, galaxies, quasars, and other astronomical objects.
"Researchers used the famous Arecibo radio telescope to map the surface of Venus and search for extraterrestrial intelligence."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'radio' (from Latin radius, meaning 'ray' or 'beam', later applied to electromagnetic waves) and 'telescope' (coined from Greek tēle meaning 'far' and skopein meaning 'to look or see'). The term emerged in the mid-20th century with the development of radio astronomy following Karl Jansky's pioneering discoveries in the 1930s.
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radiotélescope
Transliteration: ʁadjo.te.lɛs.kɔp
"Le radiotélescope a capté des ondes radio provenant de l'espace profond."
Radioteleskop
Transliteration: ʁaːdio.teːleˈskɔp
"Das Radioteleskop wird zur Erforschung des Weltalls eingesetzt."
radiotelescopio
Transliteration: ra.djo.te.leˈskɔ.pjo
"Il radiotelescopio è fondamentale per l'astronomia moderna."
radiotelescopio
Transliteration: ra.ðjo.te.lesˈko.pjo
"El radiotelescopio de Arecibo fue uno de los más grandes del mundo."
radiotelescópio
Transliteration: ʁa.di.u.te.leʃˈkɔ.pi.u
"O radiotelescópio captura sinais do universo profundo."
रेडियो दूरबीन
Transliteration: rediyo durbin
"रेडियो दूरबीन का उपयोग अंतरिक्ष से आने वाली तरंगों का अध्ययन करने के लिए किया जाता है।"
射电望远镜
Transliteration: shèdiàn wàngyuǎnjìng
"天眼是一架巨型射电望远镜。"
전파망원경
Transliteration: jeonpamangwongyeong
"우주에서 오는 신호를 포착하기 위해 전파망원경을 사용합니다."
電波望遠鏡
Transliteration: denpa bōenkō
"電波望遠鏡を使って宇宙からの電波を観測する。"
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