How to Use refractor in a Sentence
refractor
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The scope was nothing fancy, the kind of simple refractor that today would cost about $100.
—Steve Mirsky, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2013
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It’s the largest refractor telescope in Florida that the public is allowed to use.
—Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 July 2017
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That’s the home of the Florida’s largest publicly accessible refractor telescope, armed with a 10-inch lens.
—Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 July 2018
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There are three basic types of telescopes; reflectors, refractors, and Schmidt Cassegrain telescopes.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 24 Nov. 2019
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Schmidt Cassegrain scopes are basically a design combining the optics of both the reflector and refractor scopes.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 24 Nov. 2019
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This type of telescope includes features of both refractor and reflector telescopes.
—Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2023
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Roughly 12 percent were flagged as having weak vision and sent to an adjacent classroom where workers using refractor lenses conducted more tests.
—Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 5 May 2018
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The Lowell Observatory's 24-inch refractor telescope was a fine instrument, but too small for studying even dimmer, more distant galaxies.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2015
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Although refractor telescopes come at various price points, affordable models are available.
—Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2023
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Continuum has a large, rare collection of ribbed, holophane fixtures which use borosilicate glass reflectors and refractors to provide an untainted light, and are considered mid-20th century industrial art.
—Mary Ellen Fillo, courant.com, 17 May 2017
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The workshop will feature demonstrations on refractor, dobsonian, reflector and catadioptric telescopes.
—Rebecca Hazen, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2018
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