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huyghenian (a.)

Pertaining to, or invented by, Christian Huyghens, a Dutch astronomer of the seventeenth century; as, the telescope.

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Pertaining to, or invented by, Christian Huyghens, a Dutch astronomer of the seventeenth century; as, the telescope.

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Huyghenian telescopes were the first practical refracting telescopes invented in the 17th century.

The Huyghenian eyepiece is a two-element telescope eyepiece that produces an image that is free from distortion.

Huyghenian principles are used in the design of many optical instruments, such as telescopes, microscopes, and lasers.

The Huyghenian principle states that every point on a wavefront acts as a source of secondary wavelets.