telescope
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈtɛlɪˌskoʊp/
:
telescopio
- The astronomer used a powerful telescope to capture stunning images of distant galaxies.
This is a telescope that I got from India.
- This is a telescope that I got from India.
- All right, so now let's tune the telescope in to galaxies being born.
- And it was kind of exciting to look through a telescope and see things.
- It's because bigger telescopes collect more light.
- The James Webb Space Telescope keeps finding galaxies that shouldn't exist.
- We waited until we had two telescopes with independent data months apart.
- That's Mars, A good old Celestron telescope.
Examples
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We used to look at the stars together through the telescope.
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For many years, the 60-inch telescope was made available for public viewing after the lecture.
Academic text (1999) -
And it was kind of exciting to look through a telescope and see things.
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We got to use the big telescope at school today!
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When they were gone, I pulled out the telescope and pointed it toward the pier.
Fiction book (1995) -
I can show you, through this telescope, the Sea of Tranquility.
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It's because bigger telescopes collect more light.
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Now, the Hubble Space Telescope has many color filters.
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This is a photograph from the Hubble Space Telescope of empty space.
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Astronomers would have dearly loved to build a telescope with an even larger mirror.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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6.6
An optical device like a telescope or rifle sight that makes distant things look closer
39
7.8
A small telescope used to look at distant things, often at sea
5
7.6
A small tube with a lens that people use to see faraway things at sea
3
7.0
A telescope that uses a large curved mirror to make distant objects look closer
2
7.0
A telescope that uses lenses to bend light to make an image
2
3.8
A machine with lenses or mirrors that gathers and focuses visible light to see distant stars and planets
1
5.5
A telescope that uses a large curved mirror to gather and focus light for looking
1
5.7
An instrument for looking at distant stars, planets, and galaxies
1
6.7
A telescope that uses a large lens to bend light to make images you view through an eyepiece
1
5.3
A small pair of binoculars you use to look at distant things outdoors
1
7.3
A small telescope used with one eye to see things far away
A telescope that uses mirrors and has an eyepiece at a right angle to the main tube
A telescope with a mirror and a special curved glass that takes clear photos of wide areas of the sky
A small telescope that uses a curved lens and mirror to make sharp images
A telescope with a main mirror tilted to send the image to the side without a secondary mirror
An early telescope invented by Galileo that uses two lenses to make upright images
A telescope for taking pictures of the night sky
A pair of small tubes with lenses you hold to see far things with both eyes
A small tool you hold to see far things, like birds or mountains
A small tube with lenses mounted on a gun to help aim at distant targets
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A way of looking at a situation that makes small details seem more important than the big picture
Compounds
- Specialized
2
3.8
A machine with lenses or mirrors that gathers and focuses visible light to see distant stars and planets
- Specialized
1
5.5
A telescope that uses a large curved mirror to gather and focus light for looking
- Specialized
1
5.7
An instrument for looking at distant stars, planets, and galaxies
- Specialized
1
6.7
A telescope that uses a large lens to bend light to make images you view through an eyepiece
- Specialized
A reflecting telescope that uses two mirrors to send light back through an opening in the main mirror
- Specialized
A telescope with mirrors that sends light to a fixed point for a camera or an instrument that measures light
- Specialized
A small telescope that uses a curved lens and mirror to make sharp images
- Archaic
An early telescope invented by Galileo that uses two lenses to make upright images
- Specialized
A telescope that uses two curved mirrors to focus light back through a hole in the main mirror
- Archaic
A telescope with a main mirror tilted to send the image to the side without a secondary mirror
- Specialized
A telescope that uses mirrors and has an eyepiece at a right angle to the main tube
- Specialized
A telescope with a mirror and a special curved glass that takes clear photos of wide areas of the sky
- Specialized
A small tube with lenses mounted on a gun to help aim at distant targets
- Specialized
A telescope for safely looking at the sun to study sunspots and flares
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Etymology
Telescope comes from Greek parts tele- 'far' and -scope 'to look'. So a telescope is literally a tool 'to look far', which is why it makes distant things appear closer.