Telescope Synonyms

tĕlĭ-skōp
An optical instrument for making distant objects, as the stars, appear nearer and consequently larger: it consists of two or more lenses or mirrors
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. reflecting-telescope
  2. refracting-telescope
  3. field-glasses
  4. binoculars
  5. opera-glass
  6. glass
  7. optical-instrument
  8. galilean-telescope
  9. Gregorian telescope
  10. mercurial telescope
  11. helioscope
  12. equatorial telescope
  13. scope
  14. polemoscope
  15. telelectroscope
  16. telespectroscope
  17. telestereoscope
  18. telengiscope
  19. teinoscope
  20. prism telescope

Words Related to Telescope

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. radio-telescope
  2. glasses
  3. spectrograph
  4. VLT
  5. 76-m
  6. infrared telescope
  7. interferometer
  8. jcmt
  9. refractor
  10. dobsonian
  11. spacecraft
  12. imager
  13. single-dish
  14. coronagraph

Telescope Sentence Examples

  • A telescope is like a very strong eye.

  • This angle, therefore, divided by the magnifying power of the telescope gives the real angular distance of the centres of a double star.

  • The improvement of the telescope was justly regarded as a sine qua non for the advancement of astronomical knowledge.

  • It has been found by Sir William Herschel and others that the definition of a telescope is often improved by stopping off a part of the central area of the object-glass; but the advantage to be obtained in this way is in no case great, and anything like a reduction of the aperture to a narrow annulus is attended by a development of the external luminous rings sufficient to outweigh any improvement due to the diminished diameter of the central area.'

  • He certainly describes a method of constructing a telescope, but not so as to lead one to conclude that he was in possession of that instrument.

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