Defenition of the word telescope

• Defenition of the word telescope

  • An optical instrument for observing distant objects.
  • To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope.
  • make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play"
  • crush together, as of cars in a collision
  • an instrument that magnifies the image of distant objects
  • a magnifier of images of distant objects
  • crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"
  • make smaller or shorter
  • crush together or collapse

Synonyms for the word telescope

• • scope

Meronymys for the word telescope

• • aperture
  • finder
  • optical prism
  • prism
  • view finder
  • viewfinder

Hyponyms for the word telescope

• • astronomical telescope
  • collimator
  • equatorial
  • solar telescope
  • transit instrument

Hypernyms for the word telescope

• • concentrate
  • condense
  • crush
  • digest
  • magnifier
  • mash
  • squash
  • squeeze
  • squelch

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