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| cou·dé [ koo dáy ] (plural cou·dés) or cou·dé tel·e·scope [ koo dày téllə skp ] (plural cou·dé tel·e·scopes) |
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telescope that reflects light: an astronomical telescope that reflects light from a main mirror onto a detector to one side
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| [Late 19th century. < French, past participle of couder "bend at right angles" < coude "elbow" < Latin cubitum] |
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