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1. (n.) telescope
an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and nearer when viewed directly through lenses
2. (adj.) telescope
consisting of parts that slide one within another.
3. (v.t.) telescope
to force together, one into another, in the manner of the sliding tubes of a jointed telescope.
4. telescope
to shorten or condense.
5. (v.i.) telescope
to slide together in the manner of the tubes of a telescope.
6. telescope
to be driven one into another, as railroad cars in a collision.
7. telescope
to become condensed.
Etymology: (1640–50; < NL telescopium or It telescopio)
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| Definition of 'Telescope' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) telescope, scope
a magnifier of images of distant objects
2. (verb) telescope
crush together or collapse
"In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"
3. (verb) telescope
make smaller or shorter
"the novel was telescoped into a short play"
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1. (noun) telescope
a piece of equipment used to look at objects in the distance
a telescope to look at the stars
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Telescope
to slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another
2. (noun) Telescope
an optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies
3. (verb) Telescope
to cause to come into collision, so as to telescope
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Sense: a kind of tube containing lenses through which distant objects appear closer
He looked at the ship through his telescope.
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 Afrikaans: teleskoop |
 Arabic: تلسكوب: مِنْظار فَلَكي، م |
 Bulgarian: телескоп |
 Brazilian: telescópio |
 Czech: dalekohled |
 German: das Teleskop |
 Danish: teleskop; kikkert |
 Greek: τηλεσκόπιο |
 Spanish: telescopio |
 Estonian: teleskoop |
 Farsi: تلسکوپ |
 Finnish: teleskooppi |
 French: télescope |
 Hebrew: טֶלֶסקוֹפּ |
 Hindi: दूरबीन |
 Croatian: teleskop |
 Hungarian: távcső |
 Indonesian: teleskop |
 Icelandic: sjónauki |
 Italian: telescopio |
 Japanese: 望遠鏡 |
 Korean: 망원경 |
 Lithuanian: teleskopas |
 Latvian: teleskops |
 Malay: teleskop |
 Dutch: telescoop |
 Norwegian: langkikkert, teleskop |
 Polish: teleskop, luneta |
 Portuguese: telescópio |
 Romanian: telescop |
 Russian: телескоп |
 Slovak: ďalekohľad |
 Slovenian: teleskop |
 Serbian: teleskop |
 Swedish: teleskop, kikare |
 Thai: กล้องโทรทรรศน์ |
 Turkish: teleskop |
 Taiwanese: 望遠鏡 |
 Ukrainian: телескоп; оптична труба |
 Urdu: دور بين |
 Vietnamese: kính thiên văn |
 Chinese: 望远镜 |
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