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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary tele·scope \\ˈte-lə-ˌskōp\\ noun USAGE often attributive ETYMOLOGY New Latin telescopium, from Greek tēleskopos farseeing, from tēle- tele- + skopos watcher; akin to Greek skopein to look — more at spy DATE 1648 1. a usually tubular optical instrument for viewing distant objects by means of the refraction of light rays through a lens or the reflection of light rays by a concave mirror — compare reflector , refractor 2. any of various tubular magnifying optical instruments3. radio telescope verb
( -scoped ; -scop·ing)
DATE 1867 intransitive verb1. to become forced together lengthwise with one part entering another as the result of collision2. to slide or pass one within another like the cylindrical sections of a collapsible hand telescope3. to become compressed or condensedtransitive verb1. to cause to telescope2. compress , condense
the book arbitrarily telescopes time and space, and as arbitrarily extends them — Phoebe Adams telescope
1640s, from It. telescopio (used by Galileo, 1611), and Mod.L. telescopium (used by Kepler, 1613), both from Gk. teleskopos "far-seeing," from tele- "far" (see tele-) + -skopos "seeing," from skopein "to watch." Said to have been coined by Prince Cesi, founder and head of the Roman Academy of the Lincei (Galileo was a member). Used in English in Latin form from 1619. The verb meaning "to force together one inside the other" (like the sliding tubes of some telescopes) is first recorded 1867. Related: Telescopic. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 telescopetele·scope / 5teliskEup; NAmE -skoup / noun a piece of equipment shaped like a tube, containing lenses , that you look through to make objects that are far away appear larger and nearer 望远镜:
to look at the stars through a telescope 用望远镜观察星星⇨ see also radio telescope verb1. [V VN] to become shorter, or make sth shorter, by sliding sections inside one another (使)叠套缩短,叠缩2. [VN] ~ sth (into sth) to reduce sth so that it happens in less time 缩短,精简,压缩(成…):
Three episodes have been telescoped into a single programme. 三集的内容被浓缩成了一个单独的节目。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishtelescope
noun ADJ. powerful | 26-metre, 60-millimetre, etc. | astronomical, optical, radio, space images from the Hubble space telescope VERB + TELESCOPE use | look at sth with/without, see sth with/without stars that cannot be seen without a telescope | look (at sth) through, view sth through | set up She set up her telescope on the balcony. | build building the largest telescope in the world PREP. through a/the ~ PHRASES the wrong end of a telescope He felt as if he were seeing things through the wrong end of a telescope. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged tel·e·scopeI. \ˈteləˌskōp\ nounUsage: often attributiveEtymology: New Latin telescopium, from Greek tēleskopos far-seeing (from tēle- tel- (I) + skopos watcher) + Latin -ium — more at scope 1.
a. : an optical instrument usually tubular in shape for viewing distant objects by means of the refraction of light rays through a lens or the reflection of light rays by a concave mirror so that the rays enter an opening and converge to form an image seen through a magnifying eyepiece — compare cassegrainian telescope , galilean telescope , herschelian telescope , reflector , refractor , terrestrial telescope
b. : telescope sight
c. : any of various tubular magnifying optical instruments (as for reading the scale on a galvonometer or for use in a bronchoscope)
< a bronchoscopic telescope >
< a cystoscopic telescope >
d. : radio telescope 2. or telescope bag : a traveling bag consisting of two parts of which the larger fits over the smaller 3. : telescope goldfish 4. : something that telescopes or that is telescoped
< rigged the telescope steel bait rod first — Hugh Fosburgh >II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s) intransitive verb1. : to slide or pass one within another like the cylindrical sections of a hand telescope
< a two-piece knockdown support, designed for the tent and made of telescoping aluminum tubes — Sheila Hibben >
< both rods telescope to extend to exact size — Spiegel's Catalog >: force a way into or enter another lengthwise as the result of collision
< the two sleeping cars telescoped >2. : to become telescoped
< those years seemed to have telescoped, like time in a dream — Helen Howe >transitive verb1. : to cause to telescope
< the front and end cars that took the shock of the impact were telescoped — Howard Austin >
< from the river side the three parts of the building appear to be telescoped into each other — American Guide Series: Maryland >2. : to combine, coalesce, or run together in order to shorten or simplify : compress , condense
< the rules of good cooking cannot be telescoped into a single sentence or even paragraph — J.L.Evans >
< the book arbitrarily telescopes time and space, and as arbitrarily extends them — Phoebe Adams >
< telescope a century of industrial history into a decade — G.L.Arnold >
< telescoped into a brief span experiences that represented chronologically many times that number of years — Stella Center >
< if an evolutionary development may be verbally telescoped into an event — A.L.Kroeber >
< one can telescope the seasons and witness four weeks of spring's advance in the space of seven days — I.R.Barnes >specifically : to combine (words) by omitting part of one or more of the components
< telescope two words (like infanticipate from infant and anticipate) — Word Study >: form (as a word or title) by such combining
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