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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats