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telescope'
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1.
(noun)
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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"telescope."
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. STANDS4 LLC, 2008. 7 October. 2008.
http://www.definitions.net/definition/telescope
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