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Definition of Telescope
Tel´e`scope Pronunciation: tĕl´ė`skōp | n. | 1. | An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.| Telescope carp | | (Zool.) the telescope fish. |
| | v. i. | 1. | 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 become compressed in the manner of a telescope, due to a collision or other force. | | v. t. | 1. | To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope. | | 2. | to shorten or abridge significantly; as, to telescope a whole semester's lectures into one week. | | a. | 1. | 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.; - now more commonly replaced by the term telescoping. |
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Cassegrainian telescope, Newtonian telescope, OAO, OSO, abbreviate, abridge, abstract, astronomical observatory, astronomical telescope, binoculars, bob, boil down, capsulize, clip, coelostat, compress, concertina, condense, contract, coronagraph, coronograph, crop, crush, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, digest, dock, elide, epitomize, field glass, foreshorten, glass, heliostat, mow, nip, observatory, opera glasses, orrery, planetarium, poll, pollard, precis, prune, radar telescope, radio observatory, radio telescope, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, reflector, refractor, retrench, scope, shave, shear, shorten, snub, spectrograph, spectroheliograph, spectrohelioscope, spectroscope, spy glass, spyglass, squash, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take in, terrestrial telescope, trim, truncate, zenith tube, zoom binoculars
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