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Examples of telescope in a Sentence
The rings of Saturn can be seen through a telescope.
Recent Examples of telescope from the Web
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These newfound worlds eventually will become prime targets for future telescopes looking to tease out any signs of life.
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Personal telescopes are welcome. 6:30 p.m.-midnight at Markham Park, 16001 W. State Road 84, Sunrise.
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The invention paved the way for telescopes and revolutionized art, allowing the Italian painter Filippo Brunelleschi to discover the linear perspective in 1425.
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Cincinnati Observatory brings telescopes so the community can see close-up views of the moon, Orion, and Venus, weather permitting.
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Wednesday’s doodle showed the logo for the site spelled out in the bright red and blue stars Haro researched with his face in the background of it all and a telescope in the foreground.
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Outdoor viewing is done with provided telescopes in the Anniversary Garden area.
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University of Chicago has made major investments in more sophisticated telescopes in Chile.
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The university's astronomical research now takes place in Chile, using the Magellan and Giant Magellan telescopes, the office said.
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Origin and Etymology of telescope
New Latin telescopium, from Greek tēleskopos farseeing, from tēle- tele- + skopos watcher; akin to Greek skopein to look — more at spy
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First Known Use: 1650
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearDefinition of telescope
telescoped;
telescoping
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: to become forced together lengthwise with one part entering another as the result of collision
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: to slide or pass one within another like the cylindrical sections of a collapsible hand telescope
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: to become compressed or condensed
Examples of telescope in a Sentence
for dramatic purposes, the film telescopes the years over which the events occurred into a few short months
Recent Examples of telescope from the Web
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As far as stagecraft, most of the money seemed to go toward a set of telescoping light rigs that rose from and descended back into the stage in a busy but not-terribly-exciting show of mechanical choreography.
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Once you’re done with the floors, a telescoping microfiber can handle furniture, countertops, ceiling fans, and other hard-to-reach areas.
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The Warren Report, which Johnson also established, in 1963, telescoped the vast implications of the assassination of John F. Kennedy down to the actions of a single individual.
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The skeleton of The Shed and its telescoping shell are both in place.
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Adapting the story for a television drama also meant telescoping some events and inventing scenes and dialogue, in addition to creating composite figures.
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The backpack’s two trolley straps can slide over the wheeled bag’s telescoping pull handle.
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On a Thursday night, people of all ages trickle across the lot by the Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round, more than a few with water bottles and telescoping walking sticks dangling from carabiners.
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Bluetooth, a backup camera, selectable driving modes and a tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel are standard.
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First Known Use of telescope
1866
TELESCOPE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of telescope for English Language Learners
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: a device shaped like a long tube that you look through in order to see things that are far away
telescope
Definition of telescope for English Language Learners
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: to become shorter by having one section slide inside another somewhat larger section
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: to make (something) shorter in length or time
TELESCOPE Defined for Kids
Definition of telescope for Students
: a piece of equipment shaped like a long tube that has lenses for viewing objects at a distance and especially for observing objects in outer space
Definition of telescope for Students
telescoped;
telescoping
: to slide or force one part into another
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