From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishradio telescopeˌradio ˈtelescope noun [countable] HATCa piece of equipment that collects radio waves from space and is used to find stars and other objects in space
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radio telescope• In astronomy the transmitter is usually a radio telescope, and it usually acts also as the detector.• Perversely, doing this will require the biggest and best of radio telescope arrays. 