Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - telescope
Telescope
telescope
n. & v. --n. 1 an optical instrument using lenses or mirrors or both to make distant objects appear nearer and larger. 2 = radio telescope. --v. 1 tr. press or drive (sections of a tube, colliding vehicles, etc.) together so that one slides into another like the sections of a folding telescope. 2 intr. close or be driven or be capable of closing in this way. 3 tr. compress so as to occupy less space or time. Etymology: It. telescopio or mod.L telescopium (as TELE-, -SCOPE)
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I. noun Usage: often attributive see: spy Date: 1648 a usually tubular optical instrument for viewing distant objects by means of the refraction of light rays through a lens or the reflection of light rays by a concave mirror, any of various tubular magnifying optical instruments, radio ~, II. verb (-scoped; -scoping) Date: 1867 intransitive verb to become forced together lengthwise with one part entering another as the result of collision, to slide or pass one within another like the cylindrical sections of a collapsible hand ~, to become compressed or condensed, transitive verb to cause to ~, compress, condense ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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