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電波天文台 (denpatenmondai) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

電でん波ぱ天てん文もん台だい

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Meanings

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radio astronomy observatory

A facility equipped with radio telescopes for observing celestial radio waves.

野の辺べ山やまの電でん波ぱ天てん文もん台だいは、日本にほんで有ゆう名めいな観かん測そく施

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The Nobeyama Radio Observatory is one of Japan's famous observation facilities.

Kanji

電electricity
波waves, billows, Poland
天heavens, sky, imperial
文sentence, literature, style
台pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles

Related words

電でん波ぱ望ぼう遠えん鏡きょう
Refers specifically to the radio telescope instrument, while 電波天文台 is the entire observatory facility.
天てん文もん台だい
A general astronomical observatory, which may include optical telescopes; 電波天文台 specifies radio astronomy.

Built from

電でん波ぱ+天てん文もん台

Etymology

Compound of 電波 (radio wave) + 天文台 (astronomical observatory).

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