telescope

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy.
2. Any instrument used in astronomy for observing distant objects (such as a radio telescope).
3. A retractable tubular support for lights.
4. A kind of goldfish with protruding eyes, first bred in China.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope.
2. (ambitransitive) To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass.
3. (intransitive) To come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another.
4. (ambitransitive) To collapse, via cancellation.

Sinónimos

binoculars

field glass

spyglass

field glasses

scope

spy-glass

field-glasses

condense

cylinder

devastate

flute

🪈

glass

pack

periscope

puddle

seal

🦭

sum

summarise

summarize

sum up

viewer

weatherstrip

batten down

long-glass

optical instrument

transit instrument

capsulise

Telescope

Barlow lens

telescope arm

dew cap

abstract

zenith prism

accessories

batten

blinders

capsule

capsulize

compact

concentrate

Traducións

télescope

telescopio

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Teleskop

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telescopio

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Fernrohr

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telescoop

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τηλεσκόπιο

teleskop

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telescopi

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telescópio

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cannocchiale

🔭

longue-vue

lunette

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verrekijker

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈtɛl.ɪ.skəʊp/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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.

Frases

A child is looking through a pretend telescope on playground equipment in front of a blue sky .