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telescope Definition

tele·scope (tel′ə skōp′)

noun

an optical instrument for making distant objects, as the stars, appear nearer and consequently larger: it consists of two or more lenses or mirrors

Etymology: It telescopio (coined by Galileo, 1611) < ModL telescopium < Gr tēleskopos, seeing from a distance: see tele- & -scope

adjective

having parts that slide one inside another

intransitive verb -·scoped′, -·scop′·ing

to slide or be forced one into another like the concentric tubes of a small, collapsible telescope

transitive verb

  1. to cause to telescope
  2. to condense; shorten, as by combining parts, compressing, etc.

telescope Synonyms

telescope

n.

field glasses, binoculars, opera glass, glass, optical instrument, reflecting telescope, refracting telescope, Galilean telescope, Gregorian telescope, mercurial telescope, helioscope, equatorial telescope, polemoscope, telelectroscope, telespectroscope, telestereoscope, telengiscope, teinoscope, prism telescope; see also glasses.

telescope Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • refract: A 100mm diameter, 500mm focal length refracting telescope was used, equipped with a solar filter.
  • align: This makes for a fast and very easy method for aligning the telescope.
  • reflect: In 1672 Newton made contact with the Royal Society, presenting his design for a reflecting telescope.

Adjective modifier

  • ground-based: Most of the others were discovered in visible light, using ground-based telescopes with adaptive optics.
  • Gemini: The first of the two Gemini telescopes - Gemini North - saw first light in 1999.
  • anglo-australian: For example, in 2001, UK astronomers, using the Anglo-Australian telescope, discovered three planets orbiting another star.
  • astronomical: Students will be given a chance to use brand new astronomical telescope over the internet.
  • robotic: The software is designed to give pupils an understanding of how a robotic telescope operates under computer control.
  • optical: The HET is one of the world's largest optical telescopes, with a primary mirror some 11 meters in diameter.

Modifies a noun

  • eyepiece: He would often talk about how his eyelashes would freeze to the telescope eyepiece.
  • aperture: The perturbed wave-function reaching the telescope aperture for this case is given by setting in Equation 1.8.
  • oscillation: The initial decorrelation in the recorded datasets was found to be determined by the telescope oscillation.
  • optic: Science Drivers for ASMs Currently implemented astronomical AO systems operate like auxiliary instruments separate from the main telescope optics.
  • offset: Registration is performed using the telescope offsets transformed to pixels.

Noun used with modifier

  • refractor: Among the exhibits is a 28 inch refractor telescope, one of the largest in the world.
  • X-ray: The RGAs are mounted in the light path of the two X-ray telescopes with EPIC MOS cameras in their primary focus.
  • neutrino: Vertical profiles of bioluminescence where undertaken with the ISIT lander in the vicinity of the underwater neutrino telescope ' ANTARES ' .
  • radio: Italy Aerial view of the Northern Cross radio telescope, near Bologna, Italy.
  • gamma-ray: Gamma Ray Imaging Platform ( GRIP ) A balloon-borne gamma-ray telescope made by a group at the California Institute of Technology.
  • aperture: Diameter: 56 " ; 3-inch aperture telescope of 63 " focal length.