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mounting
mounting The structure that supports a telescope and allows it to be pointed at a chosen part of the sky. A mounting should hold the telescope firmly and allow it to be moved so that it can follow objects across the sky as the Earth rotates. This can be done either with a motor drive or with controls known as slow motions. Telescope mountings fall into two main categories: altazimuth and equatorial. The part that allows the telescope to move is often referred to as the head, which may be mounted on either a pillar or a tripod.
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"mounting." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "mounting." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-mounting.html "mounting." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-mounting.html |
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mounting
mount·ing / ˈmounting/ • n. 1. a backing, setting, or support for something: he pulled the curtain rod from its mounting. 2. the action of mounting something: the mounting of rapid-fire guns. |
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"mounting." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "mounting." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-mounting.html "mounting." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-mounting.html |
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mounting
mounting •matting • exacting
•Banting, ranting
•parting
•enchanting, planting
•everlasting, fasting, lasting
•narrowcasting
•letting, setting, wetting
•self-respecting, self-selecting, unreflecting, unsuspecting
•tempting
•unconsenting, unrelenting
•excepting
•arresting, unprotesting, unresting, westing
•bloodletting • trendsetting
•pace-setting • typesetting
•photosetting
•grating, plating, rating, slating, uprating, weighting
•painting
•pasting, tasting
•undeviating • self-perpetuating
•unaccommodating • self-deprecating
•suffocating • self-regulating
•undiscriminating • underpainting
•unhesitating
•beating, fleeting, greeting, Keating, meeting, self-defeating, sweeting
•easting
•fitting, sitting, unbefitting, unremitting, witting
•printing, unstinting
•listing, twisting, unresisting
•shopfitting • marketing
•telemarketing • pickpocketing
•weightlifting • side-splitting
•carpeting • trumpeting
•uninteresting • visiting
•backlighting, lighting, self-righting, sighting, unexciting, uninviting, whiting, writing
•infighting • prizefighting
•dogfighting • bullfighting
•handwriting • screenwriting
•scriptwriting • copywriting
•skywriting • signwriting
•typewriting • songwriting • knotting
•prompting
•costing, frosting
•self-supporting, unsporting
•malting, salting
•ripsnorting • outing
•accounting, mounting
•coating
•Boulting, revolting
•posting, roasting
•billposting • disappointing
•shooting, suiting, Tooting
•sharpshooting • footing
•off-putting
•cutting, Nutting
•bunting
•disgusting, self-adjusting, trusting
•blockbusting • linocutting
•woodcutting • disquieting
•disconcerting, shirting, skirting
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"mounting." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "mounting." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-mounting.html "mounting." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-mounting.html |
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