Telescope

Noun

 * 1) A monocular optical instrument possessing magnification for observing distant objects, especially in astronomy.
 * 2) Any instrument used in astronomy for observing distant objects (such as a radio telescope).

Derived terms

 * telescopic
 * radio telescope


 * reflecting telescope
 * refracting telescope


 * terrestrial telescope

Verb

 * 1) To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope.

Verbs for Telescope
contemplate through—; design—; direct— at; discern through—; level—at; mount—; peek through—; peer through—; perceive through—; rivet—on; scan with—; squint into—; study through—; survey with—; — aids; —clarifies; —discovers; —distinguish-

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From telescopium:, from  τηλεσκόπος:, from τῆλε: + σκοπέω:.

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.

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: تلسكوب, ,
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: telescopi
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: (refracting telescope),  (reflecting telescope)
 * German: Teleskop (1, 2), Fernrohr  (1)
 * Greek: τηλεσκόπιο [tile̞ˈsko̞piˌo̞]
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, テレスコープ
 * Korean:


 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: (teleskop),  (akhtarbīn)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: telescop, lunetă
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: glainne-amhairc
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: телескоп, далекозор
 * Roman: teleskop, dalekozor
 * Slovak: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: กล้องโทรทรรศน์ (glong toe raa taad)
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Volapük: daleskop