HyperDic: telescope

English > 3 senses of the word *telescope*:
NOUN	artifact	telescope, scope	a magnifier of images of distant objects
VERB	contact	telescope	crush together or collapse
VERB	change	telescope	make smaller or shorter

telescope > pronunciation
Sounds	teh'lahskow.p
Rhymes	allotrope ... tope: 34 rhymes with owp...

English > *telescope*: 3 senses > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A magnifier of images of distant objects.
Synonym	scope
Parts	aperture	A device that controls amount of light admitted
	finder, viewfinder, view finder	optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest
	prism, optical prism	optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz
Narrower	astronomical telescope	Any telescope designed to collect and record electromagnetic radiation from cosmic sources
	collimator	A small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one
	equatorial	A telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it
	solar telescope	A telescope designed to make observations of the sun
	transit instrument	A telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian
Broader	magnifier	A scientific instrument that magnifies an image
Spanish	anteojo, catalejo, telescopio
Catalan	telescopi, ullera de llarga vista
Adjectives	telescopic	capable of discerning distant objects
Adjectives	telescopic	visible only with a telescope

English > *telescope*: 3 senses > verb 1, contact
Meaning	crush together or collapse.
Pattern	Something ----s
Examples	"In the accident, the cars telescoped" "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"
Broader	squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze	To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
Spanish	aplastarse, plegarse

English > *telescope*: 3 senses > verb 2, change
Meaning	make smaller or shorter.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Example	"the novel was telescoped into a short play"
Broader	digest, condense, concentrate	make more concise

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