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telescopium

Meaning

a telescope

Pronounced as (IPA)
[teː.ɫɛsˈkɔ.pi.ũː]
Etymology

Coined by Galileo Galilei (although he did not invent the device) as Italian telescopio, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos, “far-seeing”).

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