telescope.
A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy.
Meaning & usage
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).
A retractable tubular support for lights.
A kind of goldfish with protruding eyes, first bred in China.
Where this word comes from
From tele- + -scope. From Latin tēlescopium, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos, “far-seeing”), from τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to 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. Doublet of Telescopium.
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.
To collapse, via cancellation.
Where this word comes from
From tele- + -scope. From Latin tēlescopium, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos, “far-seeing”), from τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to 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. Doublet of Telescopium.
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