to telescope
- verb
- /ˈtɛlɪskoʊp/
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plegarse
- The camping equipment is designed to telescope, making it compact for travel.
Examples
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Some late medieval theorists, especially champions of papal primacy, sought to telescope the church, the whole body of the baptized, into the persona of the pope or of a council or the clergy as a social estate.
Academic text (2002) -
So could we maybe telescope them now out to here?
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So these though, they telescope and I wonder like, could I leave it like that?
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So here what we do is we can, we can have the the hand telescope up and down in size.
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Another work is to be a pillar 2' x 8' which telescopes out two more feet.
Academic text (1997) -
Stretch wrap forced the spokes toward the center of the stack, allowing the coils to telescope.
Academic text (2000) -
The designer created a table that can telescope for easy storage when not in use.
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To fit it in my bag, I had to telescope the umbrella down to its smallest size.
Synonyms
48
3.5
To fold something so it takes less space
2
3.0
To press things so they fit more tightly together
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
How Compressed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Telescope as a verb grew from the instrument's design: early telescopes had long tubes that could slide inside each other. That sliding image gives the verb the meaning 'to collapse or slide parts together', as when objects fold into one another.