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telescope::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | scope |
| Type of | magnifier |
| Has types | collimator, equatorial, solar telescope, transit instrument, astronomical telescope |
| Derivation | telescopic |
Examples of telescope
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Visitors can either bring their own telescope or use ones provided by the Adler.
From the dailyherald.com
This telltale flicker is easy to spot even from a small, ground-based telescope.
From the time.com
Normally the occulted star is so faint the event can only be seen via telescope.
From the sciencedaily.com
Image of the Galactic cluster NGC 6791, obtained using an Earth-based telescope.
From the sciencedaily.com
The data that comes off the telescope is in a raw form that requires processing.
From the sciencedaily.com
One massive phallic telescope, a moon and a canopy of stars dominated the stage.
From the guardian.co.uk
With arrays of photomultiplier tubes, the Baikal telescope resembles an octopus.
From the bbc.co.uk
We might have an answer if we weren't looking in the wrong end of the telescope.
From the sacbee.com
That was due in part to a steering column that did not telescope out far enough.
From the foxbusiness.com
- A magnifier of images of distant objects
- Crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"
- Make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play"
- (telescopy) the art of making and using telescopes
- A telescope is an instrument designed to aid the observation of remote objects by collecting some form of electromagnetic radiation (such as visible light). The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century. ...
- Telescope was a Canadian television series which aired on the CBC between 1963 and 1973.
- The Telescope was a magazine for amateur astronomers published between 1931 and 1941. The magazine was first published as a quarterly under the editorship of Harlan Stetson, director of the Perkins Observatory in Ohio. It featured popular articles about contemporary research. ...
- (Telescopes (EP)) Telescopes is an EP by Waking Ashland, released on February 8, 2006 in Japan through the band's Japanese record label Fabtone Records. The U.S. version, featuring different artwork, was released on June 13, 2006 through Immortal Records. ...
- (Telescoping (mechanics)) Telescoping in mechanics describes the movement of one part sliding out from another, lengthening an object (such as a telescope or the lift arm of an aerial work platform) from its rest state. In modern equipment, this is often done by hydraulics.
