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UK
/tˈɛlɪskˌəʊp/
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[ US /ˈtɛɫəˌskoʊp/ ]
[ US /ˈtɛɫəˌskoʊp/ ]
NOUN
- a magnifier of images of distant objects
VERB
-
make smaller or shorter
the novel was telescoped into a short play -
crush together or collapse
my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack
In the accident, the cars telescoped
How To Use telescope In A Sentence
- A space telescope will be launched in ten or 11 years to look for clues. The Sun
- Often called gyroscopic stabilization, inertial stabilization enables the telescope to continually point at a celestial object while the aircraft maneuvers in flight. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
- The blue plaque marking the spot is incorrect in stating that its dome housed the largest telescope in the world.
- Unfortunately the glow is so faint that no readily foreseeable telescope will be able to capture it.
- Many stars are invisible without a telescope.
- A bottle-like chamber, called a cryostat, surrounds and cools the telescope and detectors. News and Features - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- The Hubble space telescope has been in orbit for 15 years, during which time it has taken over 750,000 images of the universe.
- Some manufacturers also started producing telescopes with interchangeable eyepieces, giving a choice of fixed focus or zoom and, later, wide-angle.
- The crucial point is this: Just because an astronomer is an expert at using the telescope does NOT mean the astronomer is an expert when it comes to appropriate policies. Advocacy in Science: a Parasitic Practice
- With a $200 million Moore Foundation grant, the Thirty Meter Telescope is the closest of the next-generation devices to full funding.