Cassegrainian

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cassegrain +‎ -ian

Adjective[edit]

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.