Telescope | Mean of telescope in English Dictionary
/ˈtɛləˌskoʊp/
- Noun
- a device shaped like a long tube that you look through in order to see things that are far away
- The rings of Saturn can be seen through a telescope.
- Verb
- to become shorter by having one section slide inside another somewhat larger section
- The radio antenna telescopes.
- to make (something) shorter in length or time
- The director needed to telescope [=condense] the four-hour movie into three hours.
