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(noun) in the sense of glass

Definition

an optical instrument for making distant objects appear closer by use of a combination of lenses

The telescope enables us to see deeper into the universe than ever.

Synonyms

glass

scope (informal)

spyglass

1 (verb) in the sense of shorten

Definition

to shorten (something) while still keeping the important parts

Film naturally tends to telescope time.

Synonyms

shorten

The day surgery will help to shorten waiting lists.

contract

New research shows that an excess of meat and salt can contract muscles.

compress

Textbooks compressed six millennia of Egyptian history into a few pages.

cut

He has cut the play judiciously.

trim

The document has been trimmed as it passes through different hands.

shrink

The vast forests have shrunk.

tighten

condense

The English translation has been condensed into a single more readable book.

abbreviate

He abbreviated his first name to Alec.

abridge

We don't abridge any of the stories we publish.

capsulize

Opposites

extend

spread out

lengthen

draw out

elongate

protract

amplify

flesh out

2 (verb) in the sense of crush

Synonyms

crush

Listen to criticism but don't be crushed by it.

squash

The troops would stay in position to squash the first murmur of trouble.

concertina

单词	telescope
释义	Trends of telescope View usage for: telescope (telɪskoʊp) Word forms: plural telescopes countable noun A telescope is a long instrument shaped like a tube. It has lenses inside it that make distant things seem larger and nearer when you look through it. The telescope will enable scientists to see deeper into the universe than ever before. Synonyms: glass, scope [informal], spyglass More Synonyms of telescope More Synonyms of telescope telescope in British English (ˈtɛlɪˌskəʊp) noun 1. an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and brighter by use of a combination of lenses (refracting telescope) or lenses and curved mirrors (reflecting telescope) See also terrestrial telescope, astronomical telescope, Cassegrain telescope, Galilean telescope, Newtonian telescope 2. any instrument, such as a radio telescope, for collecting, focusing, and detecting electromagnetic radiation from space verb 3. to crush together or be crushed together, as in a collision the front of the car was telescoped by the impact 4. to fit together like a set of cylinders that slide into one another, thus allowing extension and shortening 5. to make or become smaller or shorter the novel was telescoped into a short play Word origin C17: from Italian telescopio or New Latin telescopium, literally: far-seeing instrument; see tele-, -scope telescope in American English (ˈtɛləˌskoʊp) noun 1. an optical instrument for making distant objects, as the stars, appear nearer and consequently larger: it consists of two or more lenses or mirrors adjective 2. having parts that slide one inside another verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈteleˌscoped or ˈteleˌscoping 3. to slide or be forced one into another like the concentric tubes of a small, collapsible telescope verb transitive 4. to cause to telescope 5. to condense; shorten, as by combining parts, compressing, etc. Word origin It telescopio (coined by Galileo, 1611) < ModL telescopium < Gr tēleskopos, seeing from a distance: see tele- & -scope Image of telescope © DK Arts, shutterstock Examples of 'telescope' in a sentence telescope One of the best scenes takes place near a vast radio telescope. Times, Sunday Times (2016) A small telescope will show the main belts and the great red spot that has been looking diminished and faded for some time. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Use telescopes to look at the night sky. Times, Sunday Times (2014) They have a telescope in one eye and a microscope in the other. The Times Literary Supplement (2008) The array of large telescopes is "listening "carefully to the universe. Christianity Today (2000) Actors looking like boffins seemed to be doing eccentric things with telescopes and other instruments. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The case for optical telescopes is less certain. Times, Sunday Times (2007) We were in the dish of a disused radio telescope. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The same small telescope will also show the four brightest moons as they orbit around the planet. Times, Sunday Times (2011) On the flat roof of the house is a dome enclosing a large telescope. Times, Sunday Times (2013) European funding to design a massive international radio telescope. Times, Sunday Times (2006) He is holding it up in such a way that he seems to be looking through a telescope. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The men are sitting at the huge kitchen window and taking it in turns to look through a telescope. Times, Sunday Times (2011) One is that telescope sales went up by 500 per cent. The Sun (2013) It will be 15 times more powerful than any optical telescope. The Sun (2014) As a result, it is too faint for all but the largest of telescopes. Times, Sunday Times (2016) There then remains quite a great height still, so that it is necessary to use a telescope. Lesley Adkins EMPIRES OF THE PLAIN: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon (2003) The unmanned Impact probe is aiming telescope at five stars are known to have gas planets circling them. The Sun (2008) To get detail as fine as that from an optical instrument, radio telescopes therefore have to be much larger. Times, Sunday Times (2011) We will use massive telescopes to bring viewers footage of the planets and also direct them to things they can view outside with the naked eye. The Sun (2011) THERE will be more space telescopes. Times, Sunday Times (2007) A space telescope will be launched in ten or 11 years to look for clues. The Sun (2011) He pointed his garden telescope to one star and asked me how far away I thought it was. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The complete surface of the Sun was being captured in an image for the first time early today by a pair of orbiting space telescopes. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Then there are the roads, which are as smooth as the glass they used to make the Hubble telescope. Times, Sunday Times (2016) When he leaves go of his hat to use his telescope, his hat flies off, with immense applause. William Thackeray Vanity Fair (1837) In other languages telescope British English: telescope /ˈtɛlɪˌskəʊp/ NOUN A telescope is an instrument shaped like a tube. It has lenses inside it that make distant things seem larger and nearer when you look through it. American English: telescope Arabic: تليسكوب Brazilian Portuguese: telescópio Chinese: 望远镜 Croatian: teleskop Czech: dalekohled hvězdářský Danish: teleskop Dutch: telescoop European Spanish: telescopio Finnish: kaukoputki French: télescope German: Teleskop Greek: τηλεσκόπιο Italian: telescopio Japanese: 望遠鏡 Korean: 망원경 Norwegian: teleskop Polish: teleskop European Portuguese: telescópio Romanian: telescop Russian: телескоп Latin American Spanish: telescopio Swedish: teleskop Thai: กล้องส่องทางไกล Turkish: teleskop Ukrainian: телескоп Vietnamese: kính viễn vọng All related terms of 'telescope' coudé telescope a telescope in which light from the primary mirror is reflected along the polar axis to additional mirrors, and in which the focus ( coudé focus ) is independent of the telescope's motion, permitting the use of heavy instruments without disturbing the delicate balance of the telescope radio telescope A radio telescope is an instrument that receives radio waves from space and finds the position of stars and other objects in space. space telescope a satellite put in orbit around the earth and equipped with an extremely accurate reflecting telescope , cameras , etc.: it is designed to relay astronomical data to the earth dialytic telescope a type of achromatic telescope with a second correcting lens electron telescope an astronomical telescope with an attachment for converting the infrared radiation emitted from the surface of planets into a visible image Galilean telescope a type of telescope with a convex objective lens and a concave eyepiece ; it produces an erect image and is suitable for terrestrial use Gemini telescope either of two identical 8-metre telescopes for optical and near-infrared observations built by an international consortium . Gemini North is in Hawaii at an altitude of 4200 m on Mauna Kea and Gemini South is in Chile at 2715 m on Cerro Pachón Hubble telescope a telescope launched into orbit around the earth in 1990 to provide information about the universe in the visible , infrared , and ultraviolet ranges Maksutov telescope a reflecting telescope in which coma and spherical aberration are reduced to a minimum by a combination of a spherical mirror and a meniscus lens placed inside the radius of curvature of the mirror Schmidt telescope a catadioptric telescope designed to produce a very sharp image of a large area of sky in one photographic exposure . It incorporates a thin specially shaped glass plate at the centre of curvature of a short-focus spherical primary mirror so that the resulting image, which is focused on a photographic plate, is free from spherical aberration , coma , and astigmatism zenith telescope an instrument used to determine the latitude of stars, similar to the meridian circle but fitted with an extremely sensitive level and a declination micrometer astronomical telescope any telescope designed and mounted for use in astronomy . Such telescopes usually form inverted images Cassegrain telescope an astronomical reflecting telescope in which incident light is reflected from a large concave paraboloid mirror onto a smaller convex hyperboloid mirror and then back through a hole in the concave mirror to form the image Gregorian telescope a form of reflecting astronomical telescope with a concave ellipsoidal secondary mirror and the eyepiece set behind the centre of the parabolic primary mirror Newtonian telescope a type of astronomical reflecting telescope in which light is reflected from a large concave mirror , onto a plane mirror, and through a hole in the side of the body of the telescope to form an image reflecting telescope a type of telescope in which the initial image is formed by a concave mirror refracting telescope a type of telescope in which the image is formed by a set of lenses terrestrial telescope a telescope for use on earth rather than for making astronomical observations . Such telescopes contain an additional lens or prism system to produce an erect image Hubble space telescope a telescope launched into orbit around the earth in 1990 to provide information about the universe in the visible, infrared , and ultraviolet ranges Chinese translation of 'telescope' telescope (ˈtɛlɪskəup) n (c) 望远(遠)镜(鏡) (wàngyuǎnjìng) (架, jià) (noun) in the sense of glass Definition an optical instrument for making distant objects appear closer by use of a combination of lenses The telescope enables us to see deeper into the universe than ever. Synonyms glass scope (informal) spyglass 1 (verb) in the sense of shorten Definition to shorten (something) while still keeping the important parts Film naturally tends to telescope time. Synonyms shorten The day surgery will help to shorten waiting lists. contract New research shows that an excess of meat and salt can contract muscles. compress Textbooks compressed six millennia of Egyptian history into a few pages. cut He has cut the play judiciously. trim The document has been trimmed as it passes through different hands. shrink The vast forests have shrunk. tighten condense The English translation has been condensed into a single more readable book. abbreviate He abbreviated his first name to Alec. abridge We don't abridge any of the stories we publish. capsulize Opposites extend , spread out , lengthen , draw out , elongate , protract , amplify , flesh out 2 (verb) in the sense of crush Synonyms crush Listen to criticism but don't be crushed by it. squash The troops would stay in position to squash the first murmur of trouble. concertina Additional synonyms in the sense of abbreviate Definition to cut short He abbreviated his first name to Alec. Synonyms shorten, reduce, contract, trim, cut, clip, abstract, digest, prune, summarize, compress, curtail, condense, truncate, epitomize, abridge, précis in the sense of abridge Definition to shorten a written work by taking out parts We don't abridge any of the stories we publish. Synonyms shorten, reduce, contract, trim, clip, diminish, decrease, abstract, digest, cut down, cut back, cut, prune, concentrate, lessen, summarize, compress, curtail, condense, abbreviate, truncate, epitomize, downsize, précis, synopsize (US) in the sense of compress Definition to condense Textbooks compressed six millennia of Egyptian history into a few pages. Synonyms condense, contract, concentrate, compact, shorten, summarize, abbreviate, zip Synonyms of 'telescope' telescope Explore 'telescope' in the dictionary Additional synonyms in the sense of condense Definition to express in fewer words The English translation has been condensed into a single more readable book. Synonyms abridge, contract, concentrate, compact, shorten, summarize, compress, curtail, encapsulate, abbreviate, epitomize, précis in the sense of contract Definition to make or become smaller, narrower, or shorter New research shows that an excess of meat and salt can contract muscles. Synonyms constrict, confine, tighten, shorten, wither, compress, condense, shrivel in the sense of cut Definition to abridge or shorten He has cut the play judiciously. Synonyms abridge, edit, shorten, curtail, condense, abbreviate, précis in the sense of shrink Definition to become or cause to become smaller, sometimes because of wetness, heat, or cold The vast forests have shrunk. Synonyms decrease, dwindle, lessen, grow or get smaller, contract, narrow, diminish, fall off, shorten, wrinkle, wither, drop off, deflate, shrivel, downsize in the sense of squash Definition to overcome (a difficult situation), often with force The troops would stay in position to squash the first murmur of trouble. Synonyms suppress, put down (slang), quell, silence, sit on (informal), crush, quash, annihilate in the sense of trim Definition to reduce or lower the size of The document has been trimmed as it passes through different hands. Synonyms shorten, condense, abbreviate, abridge, telescope, truncate
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