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Definitions for Telescope

[1] an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
[2] (initial capital letter ) Astronomy . the constellation Telescopium.
[3] consisting of parts that fit and slide one within another.
[4] to force together, one into another, or force into something else, in the manner of the sliding tubes of a jointed telescope.
[5] to shorten or condense; compress: to telescope the events of five hundred years into one history lecture.
[6] to slide together, or into something else, in the manner of the tubes of a jointed telescope.
[7] to be driven one into another, as railroad cars in a collision.
[8] to be or become shortened or condensed.
[9] an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and brighter by use of a combination of lenses (refracting telescope) or lenses and curved mirrors (reflecting telescope) See also terrestrial telescope, astronomical telescope, Cassegrain telescope, Galilean telescope, Newtonian telescope
[10] any instrument, such as a radio telescope, for collecting, focusing, and detecting electromagnetic radiation from space
[11] to crush together or be crushed together, as in a collision the front of the car was telescoped by the impact
[12] to fit together like a set of cylinders that slide into one another, thus allowing extension and shortening
[13] to make or become smaller or shorter the novel was telescoped into a short play

Words related to Telescope

abbreviate, shorten, restrict, wrap, cram, constrict, squeeze, shrink, summarize, curtail, compress, thicken, curl, crimp, knit, bend, tuck, consolidate, wedge, cramp

Words nearby Telescope

telergy, teleroentgenography, teles pires, telesales, telescience, telescope, telescope eyes, telescope peak, telescopic, telescopic sight, telescopium

Origin of Telescope

1610–20; tele-1 + -scope; replacing telescopium (< New Latin; see -ium) and telescopio (< It)

Other words from Telescope

non·tel·e·scop·ing , adjective

Word origin for Telescope

C17: from Italian telescopio or New Latin telescopium, literally: far-seeing instrument; see tele- , -scope

Synonyms for Telescope

abbreviate, constrict, cram, restrict, shorten, shrink, squeeze, wrap, abridge, abstract, bind, coagulate, concentrate, consolidate, contract, cramp, crowd, crush, decrease, dehydrate, epitomize, narrow, pack, press, ram, reduce, shrivel, squash, stuff, summarize, syncopate, tighten, wedge, boil down, densen, densify, force into space, make brief, press together