Cassegrainian

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English

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Etymology

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From Cassegrain +‎ -ian.

Adjective

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Cassegrainian (comparative more Cassegrainian, superlative most Cassegrainian)

  1. Of or relating to Laurent Cassegrain (ca. 1629—1693), Catholic priest remembered as the probable inventor of the Cassegrain reflector, a folded two-mirror reflecting telescope.
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