telescope

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telescope (enc)

Noun	1.	telescope - a magnifier of images of distant objects scope aperture - a device that controls amount of light admitted 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 view finder, viewfinder, finder - optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest magnifier - a scientific instrument that magnifies an image optical prism, prism - optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image 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
Verb	1.	telescope - crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack" mash, squash, squeeze, crush, squelch - to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
	2.	telescope - make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play" condense, concentrate, digest - make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary"

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