telescope
IPA: tˈɛɫʌskoʊp
noun
- 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).
- (television) A retractable tubular support for lights.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope.
- (transitive, intransitive) To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass.
- (intransitive) To come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another.
- (transitive, intransitive, mathematics, of a series) To collapse, via cancellation.
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Examples of "telescope" in Sentences
- I sextupled the telescope.
- The operator must push the telescope.
- The telescopes receive the others light.
- The telescopes receive the others' light.
- The mask covers the aperture of the telescope.
- At that time, this was the world's largest refracting telescope.
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