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telescope
noun(tele-scope)
a usually tubular optical instrument for viewing distant objects by means of the refraction of light rays through a lens or the reflection of light rays by a concave mirror
telescope
noun(tele-scope)
any of various tubular magnifying optical instruments
telescope
noun(tele-scope)
radio telescope
telescope
verb(tele-scope)
to become forced together lengthwise with one part entering another as the result of collision
telescope
verb(tele-scope)
to slide or pass one within another like the cylindrical sections of a collapsible hand telescope
telescope
verb(tele-scope)
to become compressed or condensed
telescope
geographical name(tele-scope)
mountain 11,049 feet (3368 meters) high in eastern California
telescope
noun(tele-scope)
a reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and hyperboloidal secondary mirror, is equivalent in its optical effects to a telephoto lens, and usually has the light brought to a focus through a perforation in the center of the primary mirror
telescope
noun(tele-scope)
a radio receiver-antenna combination used for observation in radio astronomy
telescope
noun(tele-scope)
reflector
telescope
noun(tele-scope)
refractor
telescope
noun(tele-scope)
a photographic telescope with specialized optics that correct for spherical aberration and coma —called also Schmidt telescope

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