telescope
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Etymology [edit]
tele- + -scope. From Latin telescopium, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskopos, “far-seeing”), from τῆλε (tēle, “afar”) + σκοπέω (skopeō, “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 [edit]
Noun [edit]
telescope (plural telescopes)
- A monocular optical instrument possessing magnification for observing distant objects, especially in astronomy.
- Any instrument used in astronomy for observing distant objects (such as a radio telescope).
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from telescope
Translations [edit]
optical instrument possessing magnification
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Verb [edit]
telescope (third-person singular simple present telescopes, present participle telescoping, simple past and past participle telescoped)
- To extend or contract in the manner of a 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.
