Look up: telescope

1. telescope
   [n] - a magnifier of images of distant objects 2. [v] - crush together, as of cars in a collision 3. [v] - make smaller or shorter
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2. Telescope
   A device which magnifies an object it is focused on. This is used a lot to observe celestial objects in space.
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3. Telescope
   A telescope is a device used in astronomy, including radio and optical telescopes. In a refracting telescope, an objective lens is used to collect light. The biggest optical telescopes are of the reflecting type, using a primary mirror to collect light. The aperture of the telescope determines how g...
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4. Telescope
   Instrument used to focus electromagnetic radiation (light, X-rays) into an image. See also: Cassegrain Telescope, Reflecting Telescope, Refracting Telescope.
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5. Telescope
   Instrument for magnifying distant objects, invented in the early 17thC, and consisting of telescopic wooden or metal tubes containing lenses.
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6. Telescope
   Tel'e·scope noun [ Greek ... viewing afar, farseeing; ... far, far off + ... a watcher, akin to ... to view: confer French télescope . See Telegraph , and -scope .] An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heave...
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7. Telescope
   Tel'e·scope adjective [ imperfect & past participle Telescoped ; present participle & verbal noun Telescoping .] To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a s...
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8. Telescope
   Tel'e·scope transitive verb To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope. [ Recent]
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9. Telescope
   Tel'e·scope (tĕl'e*skōp) adjective Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of joints or parts one within the other; telescopic; as, a telescope bag; telescope table, etc.
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10. telescope
    <instrument> 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. ... Origin: Telescoped; Telescoping. ... To cause to come into collision, so as to telescop...
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11. telescope
    noun a magnifier of images of distant objects
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12. Telescope
    • (a.) Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of joints or parts one within the other; telescopic; as, a telescope bag; telescope table, etc. • (n.) An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies. • (v. t.) To cause to c...
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13. telescope
    device used to form magnified images of distant objects.[31 related articles]
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14. telescope
    instrument for viewing distant objects
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15. telescope
    telescope, traditionally, a system of lenses, mirrors, or both, used to gather light from a distant object and form an image of it. Traditional optical telescopes, which are the subject of this article, also are used to magnify objects on earth and in astronomy; other types of astronomical telescope...
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16. Telescope
    A telescope is an instrument which magnifies distant objects. The telescope was first invented in 1609 and in 1610 Galileo using his own made telescope discovered the satellites of Jupiter.
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17. telescope
    Type: Term Pronunciation: tel′ĕ-skōp Definitions: 1. An optic instrument used to visualize or photograph distant or out-of-view objects through magnification of the image or angulation of the reflected light. In medicine, usually combined with endoscopy. 2. Enclosure such that smaller segments collapse into larger. &nb...
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18. telescope
    Click images to enlargeOptical instrument that magnifies images of faint and distant objects; any device for collecting and focusing light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation. A telescope with a large aperture, or opening, can distinguish finer detail and fainter objects than one with a small aperture. The re...
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19. telescope
    an instrument that makes distant objects appear closer and larger.
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20. Telescope
    (TV series) `Telescope` was a Canadian television series which aired on the CBC between 1963 and 1973. Telescope was a half-hour documentary television series, hosted by Fletcher Markle, which profiled notable Canadian people from celebrities to the unknown, who made a differenc...
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21. Telescope
    A `telescope` is an instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation (such as visible light). The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century. The word telescope can refer to a wide ran...
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22. Telescope
    (Circle album) `Telescope` is the twenty-ninth album by Finnish experimental rock band Circle. It was recorded live at Cairo, Würzburg, Germany on 12th June 2003. Unusually for a Circle live album, it was not released immediately, but finally saw the light of day in a 2007 double CD editio...
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