telescope
Syllables: tele·scopeUK/ˈtɛl.ɪ.skəʊp//ˈtɛl.əˌskoʊp/
telescope noun: a monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy.
Noun
telescope (plural telescopes)
- A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy.
- It needs a scientific telescope, it needs to be reinterpreted and artificially brought near us, before we can so much as know that it was a Sun.1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Symbols”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 155
- It is scarcely possible to avoid comparing the eye to a telescope.1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Difficulties on Theory”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 188
- Any instrument used in astronomy for observing distant objects (such as a radio telescope).
- A retractable tubular support for lights.
- In some studios the telescopes are fixed to the lighting grid […]1963, Television Engineering: Report, page 245
- A kind of goldfish with protruding eyes, first bred in China.
- Chinese Telescopes are sold by some dealers for young Japanese Fringetails. For this reason it is well to select a reliable dealer when purchasing choice stock.1928, Robert V. Sawyer, Edwin H. Perkins, Water Gardens and Goldfish, page 92
Verb
telescope (third-person singular simple present telescopes, present participle telescoping, simple past and past participle telescoped)
- To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope.
- Hugo rose to his full height, which was triple that of Grunt Buggely’s, even without his neck telescoped.1988, Barry B[rookes] Longyear, Naked Came the Robot, New York, N.Y.: Popular Library, →ISBN, page 155
- 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.
- To collapse, via cancellation.
telescope meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
telescope in Hindi
- optical instrument that magnifies
- दूरदर्शी dūrdarśī, दूरबीन dūrbīn
telescope in Tamil
- optical instrument that magnifies
- தொலைநோக்கி tolainōkki
telescope in Marathi
- दूरबीन, टेलिस्कोप, दूरदर्शक
telescope in Urdu
- optical instrument that magnifies
- دُورْبِین dūrbīn
More languagesFewer languages
- telescope in Bengali
- দূরবিন dūrbin, দূরবীক্ষণ durbikkhon, টেলিস্কোপ ṭeliskōp
- telescope in Telugu
- దూరదర్శిని dūradarśini
- telescope in Malayalam
- ദൂരദർശിനി dūradaṟśini
- telescope in Kannada
- ದೂರದರ್ಶಕ dūradarśaka
- telescope in Punjabi
- ਟੈਲੀਸਕੋਪ ṭailīskop
- telescope in Gujarati
- દૂરબીન dūrbīn
- telescope in Odia
- ଦୂରବୀକ୍ଷଣ ଯନ୍ତ୍ର, ଟେଲିସ୍କୋପ, ଟେଲିସ୍କୋପ୍
- telescope in Sinhala
- දුරේක්ෂය durēkṣaya
- telescope in Assamese
- দূৰবীন durobin
- telescope in Nepali
- टेलिस्कोप ṭeliskop
- telescope in Pashto
- تېلسکوپ teleskóp, ټليسکوپ ṭeleskóp, تلسکوب taleskób, دوربين durbín
- telescope in Tagalog
- daksipat, teleskopyo
- telescope in Arabic
- تِلِسْكُوب tiliskūb, مِقْرَاب miqrāb, مِنْظَار minẓār
- telescope in Malay
- teleskop, teropong jauh
- telescope in Indonesian
- teleskop, teropong
- telescope in Thai
- กล้องโทรทรรศน์ glɔ̂ng-too-rá-tát, กล้องดูดาว glɔ̂ng-duu-daao, โทรทรรศน์ too-rá-tát
- telescope in Vietnamese
- kính thiên văn, kính viễn vọng
- telescope in Myanmar
- မှန်ပြောင်း hmanpraung:
Examples of telescope in a sentence
- I cast the species of the Sun onto a sheet of paper through a telescope.
- New space telescopes may accelerate the search for other earths that may be out there.
- For days telescopes surveyed the skies to recover the small asteroid.
Forms of telescope
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | telescopes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | telescopes |
| present participle | telescoping |
| past participle | telescoped |
| past | telescoped |
Origin of telescope
From tele- + -scope. From Latin tēlescopium, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos, “far-seeing”), from τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look at”). Coined in 1611 by the Greek mathematician Giovanni Demisiani for one of Galileo Galilei's instruments presented at a banquet at the Accademia dei Lincei. Doublet of Telescopium.
Words formed from telescope
Phrases with telescope
- telescope bags
- Telescope Peak
- radio telescope
- solar telescope
- space telescope
- telescope words
- water telescope
- X-ray telescope
- telescope houses
- zenith telescope
- Nasmyth telescope
- optical telescope
15 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Schmidt telescope
- transit telescope
- dialytic telescope
- Galilean telescope
- Maksutov telescope
- Dobsonian telescope
- Gregorian telescope
- Keplerian telescope
- Newtonian telescope
- Cassegrain telescope
- reflecting telescope
- refracting telescope
- terrestrial telescope
- liquid mirror telescope
- Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope
Questions about telescope
- What does telescope mean?
- Telescope means a monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy.
- What is telescope in Hindi?
- Telescope in Hindi is दूरदर्शी (dūrdarśī), दूरबीन (dūrbīn). See Telescope meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is telescope?
- Telescope can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce telescope?
- Telescope is pronounced /ˈtɛl.ɪ.skəʊp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of telescope?
- The plural of telescope is telescopes.
Words near telescope in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: telescope (page history and authors); telescope (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); દૂરબીન (Gujarati) (page history and authors); telescope (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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