TELESCOPE


Meaning of TELESCOPE in English

I. ˈte-lə-ˌskōp noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: New Latin telescopium, from Greek tēleskopos farseeing, from tēle- tele- + skopos watcher; akin to Greek skopein to look — more at spy

Date: 1648

1. : a usually tubular optical instrument for viewing distant objects by means of the refraction of light rays through a lens or the reflection of light rays by a concave mirror — compare reflector , refractor

2. : any of various tubular magnifying optical instruments

3. : radio telescope

II. verb

( -scoped ; -scop·ing )

Date: 1867

intransitive verb

1. : to become forced together lengthwise with one part entering another as the result of collision

2. : to slide or pass one within another like the cylindrical sections of a collapsible hand telescope

3. : to become compressed or condensed

transitive verb

1. : to cause to telescope

2. : compress , condense

the book arbitrarily telescope s time and space, and as arbitrarily extends them — Phoebe Adams

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