telescope1 nountelescope2 verb
telescopetel‧e‧scope1 /ˈteləskəʊp $ -skoʊp/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
Word OriginWORD ORIGINtelescope1
ExamplesOrigin:
1600-1700 Modern Latin telescopium, from Greek teleskopos ‘seeing a long way’, from tele- ( ➔ TELE-) + skopos ‘watcher’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- Another scientist might have proposed a modification in the optical theory governing the operation of the telescopes used in the investigation.
- As with telescopes, the larger the aperture the greater the light-grasp, but there are hazards too.
- Far down the inverted telescope he saw the faint white figure of May Welland-in New York.
- I looked through the telescope and saw a small boy with a bag over his shoulder.
- Inside one of the observatories was the telescope that I knew immediately would make a perfect backdrop for the portrait.
- The light blinds and freezes the animal, and the shooter, using a telescope, aims between the eyes.
- These telescopes revealed ice caps at both poles of Mars and documented seasonal changes in color and contrast.
- Yet, when we acquire a brass telescope, it remains a brass telescope despite inevitable deterioration.
WORD SETS► Astronomy
Collocationsasteroid, nounastro-, prefixastronaut, nounastronomical, adjectiveastronomy, nounastrophysics, nounAU, aurora borealis, nounBig Bang, the, nounblack hole, nouncelestial, adjectivecomet, nounconstellation, nouncorona, nouncosmic, adjectivecosmic ray, nouncosmology, nouncosmonaut, noundead, adjectiveearth, nouneclipse, nouneclipse, verbecliptic, nounequinox, nounescape velocity, nounextraterrestrial, adjectivegalactic, adjectivegalaxy, noungeostationary orbit, nounHubble Space Telescope, the, infinity, nounintergalactic, adjectiveinterplanetary, adjectiveinterstellar, adjectiveJupiter, nounlaunch, verblaunch, nounlight year, nounLittle Bear, lunar, adjectivelunar month, nounmagnitude, nounMars, nounMercury, nounmeteor, nounmeteoric, adjectivemeteorite, nounMilky Way, the, month, nounmoon, nounmorning star, nounNASA, nounnebula, nounNeptune, nounnew moon, nounnova, nounobservatory, nounorbit, verborbit, nounorbiter, nounouter space, nounphase, nounplanet, nounplanetarium, nounplasma, nounPluto, nounquadrant, nounquarter, nounquasar, nounradio telescope, nounring, nounrocket, nounsatellite, nounSaturn, nounsea, nounshooting star, nounsolar, adjectivesolar system, nounspace, nounspace capsule, nounspacecraft, nounspace probe, nounspaceship, nounspace shuttle, nounspace station, nounstar, nounstargazer, nounsteady state theory, nounstellar, adjectivesun, nounsunspot, nounsupernova, nountelescope, nountelescopic, adjectiveterrestrial, adjectiveUranus, nounVenus, nounwane, verbwax, verbwhite dwarf, nounworld, nounzenith, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► large
· The larger the telescope, the more light it can collect, and the higher the magnification which can be employed.· The search proper requires a much larger telescope, away from city lights.· Photographs taken with large telescopes are needed to bring out their vivid colours, and with binoculars they appear white and milky.· All larger telescopes cover far smaller areas.· When astronomers could build a large enough telescope they would see the lunar inhabitants going about their daily lives.· But large telescopes are in great demand and are often booked up months in advance.· New large telescopes may clarify how galaxies form - at present a surprisingly difficult puzzle - and why they cluster.
► powerful· Armed with powerful telescopes, they're trying to spot a Peregrine Falcon chick, born just two weeks ago.· They were so-named two centuries ago because they resembled planets when viewed through the much less powerful telescopes of the time.· Over subsequent decades several more were discovered, essentially by accident on celestial photographs obtained with powerful telescopes.
► small· The innovation brought only mixed success, and the small telescope has now fallen into disrepair.· The separation is 35 seconds of arc, and in any small telescope the two make a lovely spectacle.
NOUN► radio· Despite the recent decline in interest, there were several radio telescopes set to receive the signal when it came.· In astronomy the transmitter is usually a radio telescope, and it usually acts also as the detector.· Perversely, doing this will require the biggest and best of radio telescope arrays.
► space· Until then, the space telescope will continue to do what it can.· Four years ago Hubble space telescope scientists tried looking not at light but at dark.· Many scientists wrote off the space telescope as doomed.
a piece of equipment shaped like a tube, used for making distant objects look larger and closerthrough a telescope
Details on the Moon’s surface can only be seen through a telescope. → radio telescopetelescope1 nountelescope2 verb
telescopetelescope2 verb Verb TableVERB TABLE
telescope
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | telescope |
| he, she, it | telescopes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | telescoped |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have telescoped |
| he, she, it | has telescoped | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had telescoped |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will telescope |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have telescoped |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am telescoping |
| he, she, it | is telescoping | |
| you, we, they | are telescoping | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was telescoping |
| you, we, they | were telescoping | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been telescoping |
| he, she, it | has been telescoping | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been telescoping |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be telescoping |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been telescoping |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
1[transitive] to make a process or set of events happen in a shorter timebe telescoped into something- The play's three acts are admirably telescoped into a 2 1/2-hour program.
- The steering wheel can be tilted up and down and telescoped in and out.
- Acting together, the two groups serve as retractors by telescoping the abdomen.
- Below is a revolving stage with a telescoping wall.
- Buildings, black as anthracite, were receding or telescoping down, rumbling as they moved, clearing a field for battle.
- On and on it goes: Past events are telescoped into those of today.
- Tilt and telescoping steering wheels are there for comfort.
- Time telescoped strangely - they were in the lane, in the wood, opposite the house.
- Two quite different events, occurring some seventy years apart, appear to have been garbled or telescoped in this passage.
The whole legal process was telescoped into a few weeks.2[intransitive] if something telescopes, the parts of it press together or slide over each other, and it becomes smaller: The front of the car telescoped when it hit the wall.