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Telescope

//ˈtɛl.əˌskoʊp// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy.

    "It needs a scientific telescope, it needs to be reinterpreted and artificially brought near us, before we can so much as know that it was a Sun."

  2. 2
    a magnifier of images of distant objects wordnet
  3. 3
    Any instrument used in astronomy for observing distant objects (such as a radio telescope).
  4. 4
    A retractable tubular support for lights.

    "In some studios the telescopes are fixed to the lighting grid […]"

  5. 5
    A kind of goldfish with protruding eyes, first bred in China.

    "Chinese Telescopes are sold by some dealers for young Japanese Fringetails. For this reason it is well to select a reliable dealer when purchasing choice stock."

Verb
  1. 1
    To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope. ambitransitive

    "Hugo rose to his full height, which was triple that of Grunt Buggely’s, even without his neck telescoped."

  2. 2
    make smaller or shorter wordnet
  3. 3
    To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass. ambitransitive
  4. 4
    crush together or collapse wordnet
  5. 5
    To come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another. intransitive
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  1. 6
    To collapse, via cancellation. ambitransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From tele- + -scope. From Latin tēlescopium, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos, “far-seeing”), from τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I look at”). Coined in 1611 by the Greek mathematician Giovanni Demisiani for one of Galileo Galilei's instruments presented at a banquet at the Accademia dei Lincei. Doublet of Telescopium.

Etymology 2

From tele- + -scope. From Latin tēlescopium, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos, “far-seeing”), from τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I look at”). Coined in 1611 by the Greek mathematician Giovanni Demisiani for one of Galileo Galilei's instruments presented at a banquet at the Accademia dei Lincei. Doublet of Telescopium.

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