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Telescope
Telescope Tel"e*scope (t[e^]l"[-e]*sk[=o]p), a.
Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by
the sliding of joints or parts one within the other;
telescopic; as, a telescope bag; telescope table, etc.
TelescopeTelescope Tel"e*scope, a. [imp. & p. p. Telescoped; p. pr. &
vb. n. Telescoping.]
To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the
sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into
collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs
into another. [Recent] Telescope
Telescope Tel"e*scope, v. t.
To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope. [Recent]
Meaning of TELESCOPE from wikipedia
- A
telescope is a
device used to
observe distant objects by
their emission, absorption, or
reflection of
electromagnetic radiation. Originally, it was...
- The
Hubble Space Telescope (HST or Hubble) is a
space telescope that was
launched into low
Earth orbit in 1990 and
remains in operation. It was not the...
- The
James Webb
Space Telescope (JWST) is a
space telescope designed to
conduct infrared astronomy. As the
largest telescope in space, it is
equipped with...
- A
refracting telescope (also
called a refractor) is a type of
optical telescope that uses a lens as its
objective to form an
image (also
referred to a...
- also may
refer to: The
Telescopes, a
British psychedelic band The
Telescopes (album)
Telescope (album), by Circle, 2007 The
Telescope (album), by Her Space...
- The
Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is an
astronomical observatory under construction. When completed, it will be the world's
largest optical and near-infrared...
-
radio telescope is a
specialized antenna and
radio receiver used to
detect radio waves from
astronomical radio sources in the sky.
Radio telescopes are...
-
following are
lists of
devices categorized as
types of
telescopes or
devices ****ociated with
telescopes. They are
broken into
major classifications with many...
- A
reflecting telescope (also
called a reflector) is a
telescope that uses a
single or a
combination of
curved mirrors that
reflect light and form an image...
- The Very
Large Telescope (VLT) is an
astronomical facility operated since 1998 by the
European Southern Observatory,
located on
Cerro Paranal in the Atacama...
