telescope
nounEtymology
From tele- + -scope. From Latin tēlescopium, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos, “far-seeing”), from τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look at”). Coined in 1611 by the Greek mathematician Giovanni Demisiani for one of Galileo Galilei's instruments presented at a banquet at the Accademia dei Lincei. Doublet of Telescopium.
- derived from τηλεσκόπος
- derived from tēlescopium
Definitions
A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy.
- It needs a scientific telescope, it needs to be reinterpreted and artificially brought near us, before we can so much as know that it was a Sun.
- It is scarcely possible to avoid comparing the eye to a telescope.
- About ten months ago a report reached my ears that a Dutchman had constructed a telescope, by the aid of which visible objects, although at a great distance from the eye of the observer, were seen distinctly as if near; […]
Any instrument used in astronomy for observing distant objects (such as a radio…
Any instrument used in astronomy for observing distant objects (such as a radio telescope).
A retractable tubular support for lights.
- In some studios the telescopes are fixed to the lighting grid […]
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A kind of goldfish with protruding eyes, first bred in China.
- Chinese Telescopes are sold by some dealers for young Japanese Fringetails. For this reason it is well to select a reliable dealer when purchasing choice stock.
To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope.
- Hugo rose to his full height, which was triple that of Grunt Buggely’s, even without his neck telescoped.
To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small…
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 collapse, via cancellation.
The neighborhood
- neighborthrough the wrong end of the telescope
- neighborCassegrain telescope
- neighbordialytic telescope
- neighborDobsonian telescope
- neighborGalilean telescope
- neighborGregorian telescope
- neighborKeplerian telescope
- neighborliquid mirror telescope
- neighborMaksutov telescope
- neighborNasmyth telescope
- neighborNewtonian telescope
- neighboroptical telescope
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at telescope. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at telescope. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at telescope
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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