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tel·e·scope
(tĕl′ĭ-skōp′)n.
1. An arrangement of lenses or mirrors or both that gathers light, permitting direct observation or photographic recording of distant objects.
2. Any of various devices, such as a radio telescope, used to detect and observe distant objects by their emission, absorption, or reflection of electromagnetic radiation.
v. tel·e·scoped, tel·e·scop·ing, tel·e·scopes
v.tr.
1. To cause to slide inward or outward in overlapping sections, as the cylindrical sections of a small hand telescope do.
2. To make more compact or concise; condense.
v.intr.
To slide inward or outward in or as if in overlapping cylindrical sections: a camp bucket that telescopes into a disk.
[New Latin telescopium or Italian telescopio, both from Greek tēleskopos, far-seeing : tēle-, tele- + skopos, watcher; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]
telescope
(ˈtɛlɪˌskəʊp)n
1. (Astronomy) an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and brighter by use of a combination of lenses (refracting telescope) or lenses and curved mirrors (reflecting telescope). See also terrestrial telescope, astronomical telescope, Cassegrain telescope, Galilean telescope, Newtonian telescope
2. (Astronomy) any instrument, such as a radio telescope, for collecting, focusing, and detecting electromagnetic radiation from space
vb
3. to crush together or be crushed together, as in a collision: the front of the car was telescoped by the impact.
4. to fit together like a set of cylinders that slide into one another, thus allowing extension and shortening
5. to make or become smaller or shorter: the novel was telescoped into a short play.
[C17: from Italian telescopio or New Latin telescopium, literally: far-seeing instrument; see tele-, -scope]
tel•e•scope
(ˈtɛl əˌskoʊp)n., adj., v. -scoped, -scop•ing. n.
1. an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and nearer when viewed directly through lenses (refracting telescope) or indirectly as through images focused by a concave mirror (reflecting telescope).
adj. 2. consisting of parts that slide one within another.
v.t. 3. to force together, one into another, in the manner of the sliding tubes of a jointed telescope.
4. to shorten or condense.
v.i. 5. to slide together in the manner of the tubes of a telescope.
6. to be driven one into another, as railroad cars in a collision.
7. to become condensed.
[1640–50; < New Latin telescopium or Italian telescopio]
In a reflecting telescope (left), light is gathered by reflecting off a concave mirror. It is then reflected off an angled flat mirror toward the eyepiece. In a refracting telescope (right), light is gathered by being refracted through a convex objective lens. It then exits in a direct line through the eyepiece.
tel·e·scope
(tĕl′ĭ-skōp′)1. An arrangement of lenses, mirrors, or both that collects visible light, allowing direct observation or photographic recording of distant objects.
2. Any of various devices, such as a radio telescope, used to detect and observe distant objects by collecting radiation other than visible light.
telescope
Past participle: telescoped
Gerund: telescoping
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| Noun | 1. |  telescope - a magnifier of images of distant objectsaperture - a device that controls amount of light admitted astronomical telescope - any telescope designed to collect and record electromagnetic radiation from cosmic sources collimator - a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one equatorial - a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it magnifier - a scientific instrument that magnifies an image optical prism, prism - optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image solar telescope - a telescope designed to make observations of the sun transit instrument - a telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian |
| Verb | 1. | telescope - crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack" |
| 2. | telescope - make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play" |
telescope
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Translations
تلسكوب: مِنْظار فَلَكي، مِرْقابتليسكوبيَتَداخَل، يَتَصادَم
телескоп
dalekohledvklínit se
teleskopkikkert
kaukoputki
teleskop
egymásba fúródikegymásba tolteleszkóp
teleskop
ganga hver inn í annan, òjappa samansjónauki
望遠鏡
망원경
susistumtisustumiamassustumtiteleskopasteleskopinis
ietriektsabīdītsastumtteleskops
ďalekohľadteleskopvkliniť sa
daljnogledteleskop
teleskop
กล้องส่องทางไกล
teleskopbirbirine/içiçe geçmek
телескоп
kính viễn vọng
telescope
vi (also telescope together, train carriages) → sich ineinanderschieben; (aerial, umbrella) → sich ineinanderschieben lassen
vt (also telescope together) → ineinanderschieben; umbrella, aerial → zusammenschieben; (fig) → komprimieren
telescope
[ˈtɛlɪˌskəʊp]1. n → telescopio
2. vi → chiudersi a telescopio (fig) (vehicles) → accartocciarsi
telescope
(ˈteliskəup) noun a kind of tube containing lenses through which distant objects appear closer. He looked at the ship through his telescope.
verb to push or be pushed together so that one part slides inside another, like the parts of a closing telescope. The crash telescoped the railway coaches.
ˌteleˈscopic (-ˈsko-) adjective1. of, like, or containing, a telescope. a telescopic sight on a rifle.
2. made in parts which can slide inside each other. a telescopic radio aerial.
teletext (ˈteliˌtekst) noun a system of TV broadcasts of text only, providing all sorts of information eg weather forecasts, train timetables, news reports, jokes and lottery results.