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• look — I n. glance expression 1) to get, have, take a look 2) to dart, shoot; steal a look 3) to give smb. a look 4) a blank, distant, faraway, vacant look (she had a faraway look in her eyes) 5) an anxious, worried; baleful; close, hard; come hither,… …   Combinatory dictionary

• telescope — /tel euh skohp /, n., adj., v., telescoped, telescoping. n. 1. an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens… …   Universalium

• telescope — I UK [ˈtelɪˌskəʊp] / US [ˈteləˌskoʊp] noun [countable] Word forms telescope : singular telescope plural telescopes * a piece of equipment shaped like a tube that you look through to make distant objects look closer and larger II UK [ˈtelɪˌskəʊp]… …   English dictionary

• telescope — tel|e|scope1 [ˈtelıskəup US skoup] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Modern Latin; Origin: telescopium, from Greek teleskopos seeing a long way , from tele ( TELE ) + skopos watcher ] a piece of equipment shaped like a tube, used for making distant objects… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• telescope — tel|e|scope1 [ telə,skoup ] noun count * a piece of equipment shaped like a tube that you look through to make distant objects look closer and larger telescope tel|e|scope 2 [ telə,skoup ] verb transitive to slide a number of things together so… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• telescope — [[t]te̱lɪskoʊp[/t]] telescopes N COUNT A telescope is a long instrument shaped like a tube. It has lenses inside it that make distant things seem larger and nearer when you look through it. It s hoped that the telescope will enable scientists to… …   English dictionary

• Telescope — A telescope is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects and the collection of electromagnetic radiation. The first known practically functioning telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century …   Wikipedia

• telescope — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: New Latin telescopium, from Greek tēleskopos farseeing, from tēle tele + skopos watcher; akin to Greek skopein to look more at spy Date: 1648 1. a usually tubular optical instrument for viewing distant… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• telescope —    , telescopic lens    A telescope is an optical device for viewing directly or photographically distant subjects by making them look larger and nearer. A telescope is usually cylindrical, gathering visible light by means of the refraction… …   Glossary of Art Terms

• Samuel Oschin telescope — Astronomer Jean Mueller posing with the Samuel Oschin Schmidt Camera The Samuel Oschin telescope (also named Oschin Schmidt) is a 48 inch (1.22 m) aperture Schmidt camera at the Palomar Observatory in northern San Diego County, California. It… …   Wikipedia

• History of the telescope — The earliest known working telescopes appeared in 1608 and are credited to Hans Lippershey and Zacharias Janssen, spectacle makers in Middelburg, and Jacob Metius of Alkmaar. The design of these early refracting telescopes consisted of a convex… …   Wikipedia