ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Depointing

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Depointing is a noun meaning (astronomy) The practice of pointing an antenna or telescope slightly away from a direct line of sight in order to correct for parallax.

Meaning

(astronomy) The practice of pointing an antenna or telescope slightly away from a direct line of sight in order to correct for parallax.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rectification, decollimation, deobliquing, parallax, digression, collimator.

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