Associations to the word «Schmidt»

Wiktionary

SCHMIDT CAMERA, noun. (astronomy) A camera mounted in a Schmidt telescope
SCHMIDT ISLAND, proper noun. An island in the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago of the Russian Arctic
SCHMIDT TELESCOPE, noun. (astronomy) A telescope, having a wide field of view, comprising a thin aspheric lens and a large concave mirror

Dictionary definition

SCHMIDT, noun. German statesman who served as chancellor of Germany (born in 1918).

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley