telescope

Noun
  1. A magnifier of images of distant objects (synset 104410773)
    is a type of: magnifier - a scientific instrument that magnifies an image
    subtypes:
    • 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
    has:
    • aperture - a device that controls amount of light admitted
    • finder, view finder, viewfinder - optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest
    • optical prism, prism - optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image
    same as: scope
Verb
  1. Crush together or collapse (synset 201597703)
    "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"
    is a type of: crush, mash, squash, squeeze, squelch - to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
  2. Make smaller or shorter (synset 200245809)
    "the novel was telescoped into a short play"
    is a type of: concentrate, condense, digest - make more concise

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