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telescope

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Frequenz

C1
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈtɛl.ɪ.skəʊp/
Etymologie (Englisch)

From tele- + -scope. From Latin tēlescopium, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos, “far-seeing”), from τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I 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.

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