telescope
English

An optical telescope.
Etymology
tele- + -scope. From Latin telescopium, 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.
Pronunciation
Noun
telescope (plural telescopes)
- A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy.
- Any instrument used in astronomy for observing distant objects (such as a radio telescope).
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
optical instrument that magnifies
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Verb
telescope (third-person singular simple present telescopes, present participle telescoping, simple past and past participle telescoped)
- (transitive, intransitive) To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope.
- (transitive, intransitive) To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass.
- (intransitive) To come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another.
See also
References
- telescope at OneLook Dictionary Search
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