I. küˈdā, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from coudé, adjective
: a coudé telescope
II. (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
Etymology: French, from past participle of couder to bend like an elbow, from coude, elbow, from Latin cubitum — more at hip
1. : bent like an elbow — used of instruments
coudé catheter
2.
a. of a telescope : constructed so that the light is reflected along the polar axis to come to a focus at a fixed place where the plateholder or a spectograph may be permanently mounted
b. : of or relating to such a telescope
coudé form
coudé focus
coudé image
coudé spectrograph