telescopen.

Brit.

/ˈtɛlᵻskəʊp/, U.S.

/ˈtɛləˌskoʊp/

Forms:

α. 1600s telescopium.

β. 1600s telescop, 1600s telescopioes (plural), 1600s teliscop, 1600s teliscope, 1600s tellescope, 1600s– telescope.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Italian telescopio; Latin telescopium.

Etymology: < (i) Italian telescopio (1611 or earlier: see below), and its apparent etymon (ii) post-classical Latin telescopium (although this is first attested slightly later: 1612 or earlier; compare G. C. Lagalla De phoenomenis in orbe lunae novi telescopii usu a D. Gallil. Gallileo nunc iterum suscitatis physica disputatio (1612)) < ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος far-seeing ( < τηλε- tele- comb. form + -σκοπος -scope comb. form) + post-classical Latin -ium (see -y suffix⁴). Compare French télescope (1627 or earlier), German Teleskop (17th cent. as Teleskop).Italian telescopio appears to be first used in a letter of 13 August 1611 from Federico Cesi to Galileo; Galileo himself uses the term in letters dated slightly later (from 1 September) in the same year. Cesi was the founder and first president of the Accademia Romana degli Lincei. In a letter dated 1613, G. B. della Porta, like Galileo a member of this academy, gave Cesi the credit for the invention of the instrument's name: Telescopium multis ostendi (lubet hoc uti nomine, a meo Principe reperto) ‘I have shown the telescope to many people (I please to use this name, found by my President)’ ( Galileo Opere XI. (1901) 611). However, Cesi himself never claimed authorship; he was familiar with Lagalla's 1612 work, which makes various references to John Demisiani; it is therefore possible that Demisiani was the first person to suggest the name telescopium for the instrument (compare post-classical Latin microscopium microscope n., which is likewise attributed to him). As alternative names for the instrument, Galilei had previously used post-classical Latin perspicillum (in 1610–11), while Kepler had used perspicillum, conspicillum, specillum, and penicillium (in 1610).

a. An optical instrument used to view distant objects, typically consisting of one or more tubes with an arrangement of lenses, or of one or more mirrors and lenses (see note), by which incident rays of visible light are focused, and the resulting image magnified. Also: an instrument or apparatus of analogous design used to study distant sources of electromagnetic radiation lying outside the visible spectrum.Optical telescopes are of two main classes: refracting, in which the light is focused by a lens or compound lens; and reflecting, in which the light is focused by one or more mirrors (sometimes in conjunction with one or more lenses; cf. catadioptric adj.). In each case the image produced is usually magnified by one or more lenses. Some hand-held telescopes consist of two or more tubes made to slide one within another for convenience of storage or for adjusting the focus; cf. telescope v. 3.Matsukov telescope, radio telescope, reflecting telescope, refracting telescope, Schmidt telescope, space telescope, etc.: see the first element.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > telescope

trunk1610

trunk-glass1613

trunk-spectacle1613

telescope1619

tube1651

field glass1782

look-see1925

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > telescope > telescopes at other wave lengths

ike1937

iconoscope1946

telescope1948

1619 J. Bainbridge Astron. Descr. Late Comet 19 For the more perspicuous distinction whereof I vsed the Telescopium or Trunke-spectacle.

1650 T. Vaughan Magia Adamica 11 And truly it may be that upon this Retreate of the Divine Light from Inferiors, those Spots and Darknes, which we now see, succeeded in the Body of this Planet, and not in her alone, but about the Sun also, as it hath been discovered by the Telescope.

1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility ii. 143 Galilæus, by his newly invented Telescope [L. Telescopio] had discovered certain great and wonderfull sights, concerning the Stars.

1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility 143 The invention of the Telescopium [L. Telescopij], or Perspective-Glasse is attributed to him [sc. Jacobus Metius].

1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God xi. 162 Galileo's Optick Glasses,..one of which Telescopioes, that I remember I saw at Florence.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 42 By what strange Parallax or Optic skill Of vision multiplyed through air, or glass Of Telescope .

1709 C. Morris Diary 27 Apr. (1934) 51 Saw out of my Garret Window Cox hangd at Stookley Hill with my little Telliscope.

1742 J. Martyn & E. Chambers tr. Philos. Hist. & Mem. Royal Acad. Sci. Paris IV. Addenda 18 He made use of instruments..furnished with telescopes, which augment and diminish the distant objects better.

1761 I. Fletcher Diary 6 June (1994) 104 This morning about four observed the transit of the planet Venus over the sun's disk with a solar teliscope.

1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. i. iv. 27 Turn the Theodolite till, through the Telescope, you see the Pole A at the vertical Wire.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 5 Mr. Pickwick, with..his telescope in his great-coat pocket.

1841 R. W. Emerson Thoughts on Art in Dial Jan. 369 Dollond formed his achromatic telescope on the model of the human eye.

1865 ‘L. Carroll’ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland i. 9 Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope!

1875 R. Adamson in Encycl. Brit. III. 221/2 He [sc. Roger Bacon] certainly describes a method of constructing a telescope.

1945 C. E. Balleisen Princ. Firearms ix. 95 A telescope to be mounted on a firearm must itself be able to withstand the effect of the recoil.

1948 Newsweek 18 Nov. 98/2 The newer radio telescope..is designed to gather radio static in the microwave region.

1974 Physics Bull. May 208/4 A balloon-borne gamma ray telescope, sensitive to photons with energies greater than 50 MeV, has observed several regions of the sky.

2005 J. B. Zirker Acre Glass v. 107 The telescope, built to last at least a decade, would require occasional maintenance by astronauts.

2013 Sky at Night Apr. 37/1 During an equinox, the rings [of Saturn] become edge-on to us and all but fade from view unless you're using a large telescope.

b. figurative and allusively.

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1650 Musgrave Muzled 5 Our eyes or spectacles, discern onely a smaller Meteor, but by the benefit of a telescope, we may behold a prodigious Commet, ominous to the peace of this Common-wealth.

1652 W. Charleton Darknes Atheism Advt. to Rdr. sig. C3^v A sufficient incitement to look upon our Imperfections, through the diminishing Telescope of Charity.

1679 W. Howell Medulla Historiæ Anglicanæ Pref. sig. A7 It [sc. History] is indeed that Telescope by which we see into distant Ages.

1701 Christianity Great Ornament Humane Life vii. 77 Faith's incomparable Telescope can look through all intercepting Clouds.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 176. ⁋11 Others are furnished by criticism with a telescope.

1816 Ld. Byron Dream vii, in Prisoner of Chillon 44 The glance Of melancholy is a fearful gift; What is it but the telescope of truth?

1885 J. K. Jerome On Stage p. v Duty no longer demands that memory should use a telescope.

1936 Michigan Technic Oct. 9/1 If one peer through the telescope of the anthropologist down the ‘Long Road’ of Life.

2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 17 Sept. (Second ed.) 19 Such men force you to look down the telescope of time and history in a different way.

2. Astronomy. With the and capital initial. (The English name of) the constellation Telescopium. Chiefly as a conscious translation.

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the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun]

telescopec1795

Telescopiumc1795

air pump1807

table mountain1837

mensa1847

Men1922

table1978

c1795 J. Cary Names & Situations Constellations 15 Telescopium. The Telescope, Situated in the Southern hemisphere.

1811 D. Brewster Ferguson's Astron. (new ed.) I. 424 The following new Southern Constellations have been introduced by De la Caille...Telescopium, the Telescope.

1989 J. Sanford Observing Constellations 110/2 Telescopium, the Telescope, was introduced by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752.

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a. General attributive and objective.

telescope maker n.

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1752 J. L. Cowley Geom. made Easy (List of Subscribers) 4 Mr Short, Telescope-Maker.

1843 Brit. Critic Jan. 168 It is no fault of the telescope-maker, that they cannot see such things with the naked eye.

1938 Times 31 Aug. 12/4 The mirror has now to go to Great Britain to the telescope makers..to be ground and polished.

2001 A. Hirshfeld Parallax x. 172 Professional telescope makers focused their energies on precision.

telescope making n.

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1809 Philos. Trans. Abridged 1755–63 (Royal Soc.) 11 630 He began to work in his new profession of telescope making.

1937 Discovery Nov. 360/1 Amateur telescope-making is a hobby that has found many more enthusiasts in the United States than in the British Isles.

2012 O. Darrigol Hist. Optics iii. 78 His interest in optics was mostly limited to the Dutch art of telescope making.

telescope mirror n.

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1792 J. S. Barr tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. X. 196 The compounded metal with which telescope mirrors are made.

1856 Engineer 26 Dec. 702/1 The alloy..resembles the metal of telescope mirrors.

1941 Life 17 Mar. 85/2 A 200-in. telescope mirror..will extend man's sight millions of light years beyond its present horizons.

2009 D. Isbell & S. E. Strom Observatories of Southwest 1 Telescope mirrors have grown lighter and dramatically thinner.

telescope mount n.

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1899 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 16 Feb. 3/8 An iron strip..has one end firmly clipped to the telescope mount.

1963 Sci. News Let. 19 Oct. 250/1 The grinding of a telescope mirror in the construction of a telescope mount is a popular..activity.

2013 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 22 Aug. A pair of spacewalking Russian cosmonauts installed a new telescope mount on the International Space Station on Thursday.

telescope stand n.

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1795 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 348 To these labours we owe my 7-feet Newtonian telescope-stand.

1829 Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 7 I..placed the instrument on a support made for a telescope stand.

1918 Kerry Archaeol. Mag. 4 289 A mahogany telescope stand.

2007 M. Peston User's Guide to Meade LXD55 & LXD75 Telescopes iii. 34 A telescope stand's function is to provide support and stability.

telescope tube n.

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a1703 R. Hooke Disc. Earthquakes in Posthumous Wks. (1705) 358 A Telescope Tube of a due length and bigness for the Object-glass made use of.

1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 175/1 Instead of fixing the wire to the telescope tube, it is stretched across a sliding-piece.

1931 H. S. Williams Bk. of Marvels 90 The telescope tube, as the axis revolves, follows the movements of the star-field on which it is focused.

2012 G. North Observing Solar Syst. 460 The manufacturer may well have set the secondary mirror off-centre within the telescope tube.

b. Similative.

telescope-shaped adj.

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1833 Court Mag. June 263/2 The jew-fish, with his telescope-shaped eye.

1922 Rotarian Aug. 65/3 In his telescope-shaped shop Casey carried a fair to middling stock of shirts and collars.

2011 Metro (Nexis) 21 Oct. 19 The pocket-sized, telescope-shaped cameras went on sale yesterday in the US only.

c. attributive. With the sense ‘capable of being extended or retracted by having parts which fit or slide within one another, as in the sliding tubes of an extendable hand-held telescope’. Cf. telescopic adj. 4.

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† telescope chimney n. Obsolete

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1843 Manch. Guardian 20 Sept. 3/1 A common tubular boiler..and a telescope chimney.

1904 Country Life in Amer. Apr. 530/2 A folding sheet-iron wood-stove with a telescope chimney and oven costs only $14.

telescope joint n. now rare

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1828 Repertory Patent Inventions 5 252 How few of those who wanted them could afford to pay for the nice workmanship of the sliding telescope joints.

1928 Pop. Mech. Oct. 666/2 Telescope joints of new fishing rods frequently stick so that it is extremely difficult to loosen them without damaging the rod.

2012 Y. Bai & Q. Bai Subsea Engin. Handbk. xxv. 829 A slick joint, also known as a telescope joint, consists of two concentric pipes that telescope together.

(b) Designating a table which can be increased in size using one or more movable sections. Chiefly in telescope table (see Compounds 2).

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1815 Caledonian Mercury 4 Mar. (advt.) Telescope dining tables.

1828 Aberdeen Jrnl. 3 Dec. 3/3 (advt.) A set of Telescope Tables, 15 feet long.

1938 Scotsman 22 July 18/6 (advt.) Oak Telescope Table.

2007 Tribune (Indiana) (Nexis) 6 July Five-piece aluminum telescope table and chairs.

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telescope bag n. (a) a travelling bag or case made of two parts, one sliding down over the other when closed; (b) a bag used for carrying a small telescope.

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1885 J. Short Diary 10 Apr. in Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) (1973) 11 Apr. 29/3 Telescope bags packed, in case we have to start for Calgary in a hurry.

1949 W. Faulkner Knight's Gambit 124 A tremendous old-fashioned telescope bag, strapped and bulging, sat on a chair.

2013 M. J. Hightower Banking in Oklahoma before Statehood vii. 171 The proprietor kept money in an old telescope bag.

2015 J. Ashley Astrophotogr. on Go xiii. 248 Short tube refractors are easily carried in a small soft sided telescope bag.

telescope carp n. now rare = telescope goldfish n.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > carassius auratus (gold-fish) > monstrous

telescope carp1796

telescope-fish1813

1796 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist’s Misc. VIII. sig. C3 (heading) The Telescope Carp.

1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. 211 Telescope Carp... Scarlet-Carp, with protuberant eyes, all the fins half white.

1951 W. K. Gregory Evol. Emerging I. 558/1 Such strange creatures as lion-headed and telescope carps have been derived from ordinary carps.

telescope driver n. Astronomy a drive or mechanism for moving an astronomical telescope so as to follow the apparent motion of celestial objects; also (in recent use) a computer software program that controls the movement of a telescope.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > telescope > astronomical telescopes > parts of

well1706

declination axis1835

declination circle1835

telescope driver1874

adaptive optics1966

1874 E. Beckett Rudimentary Treat. Clocks & Watches & Bells (ed. 6) 213 Mr. De la Rue and Mr. Cooke appear to have hit simultaneously on the following plan for a telescope-driving clock... A still simpler telescope-driver was invented by Mr. R. F. Bond.

1989 R. M. Genet & D. S. Hayes Robotic Observatories vii. 130 Our approach is to..have reversing switches on the control paddle and telescope driver to accommodate various optical, telescope drive, and location configurations.

2004 M. W. Swanson NexStar User's Guide x. 189 This [software] allows a single telescope driver to be optimized for each model of telescope.

telescope-eye n. (a) a telescopic eyestalk or a tubular eye; (b) (more fully telescope-eye goldfish) = telescope goldfish n.

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goldfish1752

crucian1763

gold carp1765

crusoe1799

telescope-eye1848

telescope goldfish1880

shubunkin1917

lion-head1928

Oranda1928

1848 A. Adams & L. Reeve Mollusca 36 in A. Adams Zool. Voy. H.M.S. Samarang (1850) Cautiously protruding its longest telescope-eye from the truncature in the front of the shell, it will remain stationary until assured of security.

1971 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 178 179 Though he described the eyes [of the fish Scopelarchus] as telescope eyes he did so only because the pair of them resembled opera glasses.

1975 T. W. Dukes in W. E. Rubelin & G. Migaki Pathol. Fishes 386 There are numerous malformed eyes that are ‘normal’ for certain species or strains (e.g., telescope-eye goldfish).

2003 Handbk. Fisheries & Aquaculture Technol. (Nat. Inst. Indust. Res. India) l. 659 Some popular varieties [of goldfish] are lionhead, fantail, comet, celestial, egg fish, pearl scale, telescope eye, bubble eye, oranda and shunbunkin.

telescope-fish n. (a) = telescope goldfish n. (now rare); (b) any fish of the small family Giganturidae, which comprises slender deep-sea fishes with tubular eyes and a ribbon-like tail.

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telescope carp1796

telescope-fish1813

1813 J. Macloc New, Compl., & Universal Nat. Hist. (new ed.) 288 (heading) The Telescope Fish.

1933 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 112 361 The Demi-ranchu or Telescope-fish.—This variety is so called from its protruding eyes which are like cylinders.

1968 J. E. Fitch & R. J. Lavenbeg Deep-water Teleostean Fishes Calif. 41 The Pacific telescopefish [sc. Bathyleptus lisae] lacks pelvic fins, scales, and luminous organs.

2009 Nature 19 Feb. 973/3 Remarkable transformations occur in other deep-sea inhabitants, such as telescopefishes.

† telescope fly n. Obsolete any two-winged fly of the family Diopsidae, having the eyes at the ends of long stalks; also called stalk-eyed fly.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > miscellaneous types > member of genus Diopsis

telescope fly1858

1858 W. Baird Cycl. Nat. Sci. 208/1 The telescope fly, D. Sykesii, is a native of India.

1919 64th Exhib. Photogr. Soc. Illustr. Catal. 16 A series of fourteen photomicrographs of the structure of the head of the Telescope Fly, Diopsis apicalis, from Natal.

telescope goldfish n. a variety of fancy goldfish with large protruding eyes and large fins, developed in China; also called telescope-eye.

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goldfish1752

crucian1763

gold carp1765

crusoe1799

telescope-eye1848

telescope goldfish1880

shubunkin1917

lion-head1928

Oranda1928

1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 167 Occasionally the eyes are protruding, forming what are known as the telescope goldfish.

1936 A. P. Morgan Aquarium Bk. Boys & Girls 19 All Telescope Goldfish have eyes which are entirely normal until they are about two months old.

2001 A. Sabloff Reordering Nat. World ii. iv. 114 The ‘Telescope goldfish’ [is] bred with eyes so disproportionately large and protuberant for its body that it is likely to injure them while swimming against hard objects.

telescope pole n. †(a) a pole or mast used to support a telescope (obsolete rare); (b) (in later use) an extendable telescopic pole; spec. (Angling) = telescope rod n.

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1675 R. Hooke Diary 19 Aug. (1935) 175 With drinking broth and feather I vomited a little but head and eyes much worse... Raisd Telescope Pole to the Turret. Was well refresht after vomit.

1821 Northampton Mercury 14 Apr. 1/3 (advt) Pair of handsome brass and japanned telescope Poles for fire Shades.

1888 Amer. Angler 5 May 284/2 As I unfurled my telescope pole and adjusted the reel.

1928 Los Angeles Times 14 Oct. vi. 3/5 The car is practically all within the tent... Steel telescope poles, pegs, and guy ropes are carried under the seats.

2005 M. A. Magnor Video-based Rendering ii. 14 (caption) Telescope poles..can be jammed between the floor and ceiling.., offering great flexibility in camera positioning.

telescope rod n. Angling an extendable and retractable fishing rod consisting of sections which slide within one another.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > rod > [noun] > types of rod

pole1577

telescope pole1675

fly-rod1684

dopper1688

whipper1688

bag-rod1787

telescope rod1820

salmon rod1841

greenheart1869

spinning-rod1870

loop-rod1885

roach pole1892

trunk-rod1893

sea-rod1902

1820 T. F. Salter Troller's Guide viii. 52 The most portable are those made to screw into a two jointed telescope rod.

1914 Hunter-Trader-Trapper Apr. 76/2 With the telescope rod one can fish in places where it would be next to impossible to use the full length rod.

2014 D. Lee River Iron xvi. 217 Ken was leaning back with his telescope rod straight up and his line taut when all at once he pulled in a bass with a mighty heave.

telescope shell n. now rare any of various marine gastropod molluscs of the family Potamididae, having a long conical shell with numerous whorls (also called horn snail); esp. one of the genus Telescopium; (also) the shell itself.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > miscellaneous types > shell of family Potamididae

telescope shell1752

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. iii. 134 (heading) The Telescope-shell.

1866 Intellect. Observer Nov. 253 (caption) Longitudinal section of telescope-shell (Cerithium telescopium, L.), from Indian rivers.

1984 D. Sharabati Red Sea Shells Pl. 4 (caption) The Telescope Shells are slender and often drab shells which live in large colonies in muddy or brackish water.

telescope-sight n. a magnifying sight (sight n.¹ 14), typically operating on the same principles as a refracting telescope; esp. (in later use) such a sight designed to be used with and mounted upon a firearm; = telescopic sight n. at telescopic adj. Compounds.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > sights

sight1588

telescope-sight1674

telescopic sight1674

1674 R. Hooke Animadversions Machina Cœlestis 58 Fix into this other half of the Tube a Telescope-Sight.

1733 C. Cock Catal. Pictures Sir R. Cotton 27 Three leg'd staff Telescope Sight and plain Sight.

1835 London & Edinb. Philos. Mag. 7 306 An excellent brass sextant..well fitted up with telescope-sights.

1946 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 146/1 Making a telescope sight for a rifle is an excellent home-workshop project for the marksman who has a taste for fine lathework.

2010 Democrat-Reporter (Linden, Alabama) (Nexis) 11 Nov. After removing the suspect from the trailer, officers found a rifle with a telescope sight which he could have used to kill all the deputies.

telescope table n. a table which can be increased in size using one or more movable sections.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > extending table

drawing table1552

draw-table1593

telescope table1828

draw-top1904

draw-leaf table1917

1815 Caledonian Mercury 4 Mar. (advt.) Telescope dining tables.]

1828 Aberdeen Jrnl. 3 Dec. 3/3 (advt.) A set of Telescope Tables, 15 feet long.

1938 Scotsman 22 July 18/6 (advt.) Oak Telescope Table.

2007 Tribune (Indiana) (Nexis) 6 July Five-piece aluminum telescope table and chairs.

telescope word n. a word formed by blending sounds from two or more others and combining their meanings; a portmanteau word; cf. telescope v. 3c.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > compounding > blending > word formed by

portmanteau1871

portmantologism1887

telescope word1890

blend1909

1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Apr. 4/3 Unless the author of ‘'Twas brillig’ [i.e. Lewis Carroll]..can be got to intervene and produce a telescope word.

1977 Lebende Sprachen 22 9/1 A rather special form of collocation are the so-called blends or telescope words.

2009 Times 14 Apr. 52/3 These words formed by combining two or more words are also known as telescope words.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

telescopev.

Brit.

/ˈtɛlᵻskəʊp/, U.S.

/ˈtɛləˌskoʊp/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: telescope n.

Etymology: < telescope n.

†1. transitive. slang. To watch or observe (a person) from a distance. Obsolete. rare.

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1756 Life & Mem. E. T. Bates xx. 160 Bates..set off, expecting the Dogs..would soon be at his Heels, which was the case, for a lean sallow Secretary being sent, (which Bates imagines was to telescope him home, as they call it, he never having oblig'd them with that Particular) [etc.].

1838 Bell's Life in London 2 Sept. After each [sc. of two boxers] had telescoped the other for a short time, and measured his distance, Hannan broke ground left and right.

1891 Quiver 26 847/2 One of those Bow Street fellows first of all telescoped him, and then microscoped him, and then ran him in.

2. intransitive. To use a telescope to observe, or look for, a person or thing. Also transitive: to observe (a person or thing) through a telescope. Now somewhat rare.

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1832 F. A. Butler Jrnl. 3 Sept. (1835) I. 45 We presently descried a boat rowing..towards us. The distance was some five miles..; we telescoped and stood on tiptoe.

1846 Southern Q. Rev. July 170 A woman..mingling with man in the pursuit of knowledge.., telescoping the stars like a Mrs. Somerville.

1878 Art Jrnl. Mar. 70/2 Danjel was telescoping continually; frequently a supposed reindeer turned out to be only a stone in the snow.

1902 G. Meredith Let. 22 Oct. (1970) III. 1469 I thought you to be with Britain's volunteer Admiral telescoping off our East Coast for signs of the German fleet.

2008 Tucson Citizen (Electronic ed.) 8 Oct. c3 A Harvest Moon Celebration: Moonlight walk.., folklore and nature trails, telescoping the moon, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

a. transitive. To force, drive, or slide (one thing) into another or (several things) together, or to collapse or compress (something) lengthways, in or after the manner of the sliding tubes of a hand-held telescope. Also: to extend (something) lengthways, in or after this manner.Often, esp. in early use, with reference to railway carriages in a collision.

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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > fold up or roll up

wrapa1375

roll?a1425

wind?1523

to roll together1525

to roll up1530

fold1561

to wind up1590

furdel1594

to fold up1621

uproll1623

furla1657

telescope1844

concertina1891

accordion1897

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > slide or force one object into another

telescope1844

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > reduce by compression

depress1665

compress1800

squeeze1833

telescope1844

1844 [implied in: F. Chamier Mysterious Man I. ix. 183 The telescoping of the flute, in and out, till it was up to pitch. (at telescoping n.)].

1869 Scotsman 30 July 3/6 The smoking car of the express train..was ‘telescoped’ into the baggage car.

1879 Times 11 Oct. 5/6 A Pacific express train..ran into a locomotive, completely telescoping the baggage wagons of the express.

1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. II. xviii. 101 He closed the glass with a ringing of the tubes as he telescoped them.

1921 Lab. Apparatus & Reagents (A. H. Thomas Co., U.S.) (new ed.) 546 The instrument is focused by telescoping the tube carrying the eye opening into the prism tube.

1967 S. Terkel Division Street i. 32 One guy was driving sixty miles an hour... Boom, right into another car. The second car looked like an accordion. Telescoped it.

2015 Star-News (Wilmington, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 13 Mar. 3 b Then we telescoped the rods full-length and poked them into the angled holders.

b. intransitive. To collapse or be compressed lengthways, in or after the manner of the sliding tubes of a hand-held telescope; (also) to extend or be extended lengthways, in or after this manner. Also: to have the property of being retractable and extendable in this way.

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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > fold or roll up

furl1676

uproll1805

telescope1866

roll1901

fold1914

concertina1918

accordion1943

1866 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 19 May 483/3 This kind of platform..prevents the possibility of one coach telescoping, as it is termed, into another.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2524/2 Two screws.., one working within the other, and both sinking or telescoping within the base.

1905 F. Bond Gothic Archit. 594 Chichester central tower telescoped within the memory of man.

1926 ‘N. Shute’ Marazan vii. 160 As the fuselage telescoped, the engine came crashing back into the front cockpit upon his legs.

1961 Times of India 23 Oct. 6/3 The largest number of casualties were caused in the fifth and sixth bogeys which telescoped into each other.

1975 Boating Sept. 106/2 (advt.) 6 foot Fishing Rod telescopes down to only 15½″.

2013 R. Schofield Heist ii. 11 From his belt he took a silver baton; he flicked his wrist and it telescoped out from his hand.

c. transitive. figurative. To compress so as to occupy less space or time; to combine or condense (a number of things); to conflate (one thing) with another. Also with into. Also intransitive: to be compressed or condensed in this way.

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1886 Rep. Supreme Court Missouri 84 283 Sentences are telescoped into other sentences in utter disregard of all ordinary rules.

1894 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 289 The stages which occupy the broom for the whole of its lifetime are telescoped, as it were, in the gorse into the first three weeks.

1909 Expositor July 57 It would then be just possible that St. John had to this slight extent ‘telescoped’ the two accounts together.

1933 C. Liddle & D. Thibault Tunchi vi. 197 His words telescoped together into an unintelligible, dry-throated mutter.

1953 Ess. in Crit. 3 57 Shelley's mind..has telescoped the shattered autumn landscape with a stormy Heaven and Ocean.

1961 Amer. Speech 36 162 Generalizing over all such cases, the linguist can telescope them into one single, economical rule of agreement as a formal requirement for well-formed English sentences.

1971 Jrnl. Water Pollution Control Federation 43 365 The key word is speed—time telescopes, the world shrinks.

2005 Wire Dec. 57/2 The four musicians..proceeded to play for four hours. The results..have been telescoped to a portable 80 minutes.

4. transitive. To place (one's curled or clenched hand or hands) over or around one's eye in a manner resembling the action of using a telescope. Now rare.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [verb (transitive)] > make into telescope

telescope1862

1862 [implied in: G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner II. 170 Looking through his telescoped hand. (at telescoped adj. at Derivatives)].

1889 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 419/1 Telescoping my hand, [I] sent a long searching look into the length of the dingy shadow.

1922 S. Scoville Wild Folk iii. 65 Reginald..made the people of Cornwall suspect his sanity by frequently telescoping his hands to look at color-values.

1981 W. P. Fox Dixiana Moon xv. 209 If a person from a hundred yards away telescoped his hands over his eyes and blocked out the phone poles and the TV antenna, it could really be happening a thousand years ago.

Derivatives

ˈtelescoped adj.

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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > folded up or rolled up

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [adjective] > telescope

telescopical1664

telescopic1674

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1852 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 24 Apr. 1/5 (advt.) An elegant Queen Mab Silk Parasol, Fringed, Lace Tasselled and Telescoped.

1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner II. 170 Looking through his telescoped hand.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 3/2 The telescoped carriages and the injured men and women lying about.

1953 S. K. Langer Introd. Symbolic Logic (ed. 2) ii. 53 Many apparently simple statements express, in telescoped form, more than one proposition.

2003 D. Hecht City of Masks xxxvii. 346 He was experiencing a telescoped, dreamlike memory.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	telescope
释义	telescopen. Brit. /ˈtɛlᵻskəʊp/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌskoʊp/ Forms: α. 1600s telescopium. β. 1600s telescop, 1600s telescopioes (plural), 1600s teliscop, 1600s teliscope, 1600s tellescope, 1600s– telescope. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Italian telescopio; Latin telescopium. Etymology: < (i) Italian telescopio (1611 or earlier: see below), and its apparent etymon (ii) post-classical Latin telescopium (although this is first attested slightly later: 1612 or earlier; compare G. C. Lagalla De phoenomenis in orbe lunae novi telescopii usu a D. Gallil. Gallileo nunc iterum suscitatis physica disputatio (1612)) < ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος far-seeing ( < τηλε- tele- comb. form + -σκοπος -scope comb. form) + post-classical Latin -ium (see -y suffix⁴). Compare French télescope (1627 or earlier), German Teleskop (17th cent. as Teleskop).Italian telescopio appears to be first used in a letter of 13 August 1611 from Federico Cesi to Galileo; Galileo himself uses the term in letters dated slightly later (from 1 September) in the same year. Cesi was the founder and first president of the Accademia Romana degli Lincei. In a letter dated 1613, G. B. della Porta, like Galileo a member of this academy, gave Cesi the credit for the invention of the instrument's name: Telescopium multis ostendi (lubet hoc uti nomine, a meo Principe reperto) ‘I have shown the telescope to many people (I please to use this name, found by my President)’ ( Galileo Opere XI. (1901) 611). However, Cesi himself never claimed authorship; he was familiar with Lagalla's 1612 work, which makes various references to John Demisiani; it is therefore possible that Demisiani was the first person to suggest the name telescopium for the instrument (compare post-classical Latin microscopium microscope n., which is likewise attributed to him). As alternative names for the instrument, Galilei had previously used post-classical Latin perspicillum (in 1610–11), while Kepler had used perspicillum, conspicillum, specillum, and penicillium (in 1610). 1. a. An optical instrument used to view distant objects, typically consisting of one or more tubes with an arrangement of lenses, or of one or more mirrors and lenses (see note), by which incident rays of visible light are focused, and the resulting image magnified. Also: an instrument or apparatus of analogous design used to study distant sources of electromagnetic radiation lying outside the visible spectrum.Optical telescopes are of two main classes: refracting, in which the light is focused by a lens or compound lens; and reflecting, in which the light is focused by one or more mirrors (sometimes in conjunction with one or more lenses; cf. catadioptric adj.). In each case the image produced is usually magnified by one or more lenses. Some hand-held telescopes consist of two or more tubes made to slide one within another for convenience of storage or for adjusting the focus; cf. telescope v. 3.Matsukov telescope, radio telescope, reflecting telescope, refracting telescope, Schmidt telescope, space telescope, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > telescope trunk1610 trunk-glass1613 trunk-spectacle1613 telescope1619 tube1651 field glass1782 look-see1925 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > telescope > telescopes at other wave lengths ike1937 iconoscope1946 telescope1948 1619 J. Bainbridge Astron. Descr. Late Comet 19 For the more perspicuous distinction whereof I vsed the Telescopium or Trunke-spectacle. 1650 T. Vaughan Magia Adamica 11 And truly it may be that upon this Retreate of the Divine Light from Inferiors, those Spots and Darknes, which we now see, succeeded in the Body of this Planet, and not in her alone, but about the Sun also, as it hath been discovered by the Telescope. 1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility ii. 143 Galilæus, by his newly invented Telescope [L. Telescopio] had discovered certain great and wonderfull sights, concerning the Stars. 1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility 143 The invention of the Telescopium [L. Telescopij], or Perspective-Glasse is attributed to him [sc. Jacobus Metius]. 1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God xi. 162 Galileo's Optick Glasses,..one of which Telescopioes, that I remember I saw at Florence. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 42 By what strange Parallax or Optic skill Of vision multiplyed through air, or glass Of Telescope . View more context for this quotation 1709 C. Morris Diary 27 Apr. (1934) 51 Saw out of my Garret Window Cox hangd at Stookley Hill with my little Telliscope. 1742 J. Martyn & E. Chambers tr. Philos. Hist. & Mem. Royal Acad. Sci. Paris IV. Addenda 18 He made use of instruments..furnished with telescopes, which augment and diminish the distant objects better. 1761 I. Fletcher Diary 6 June (1994) 104 This morning about four observed the transit of the planet Venus over the sun's disk with a solar teliscope. 1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. i. iv. 27 Turn the Theodolite till, through the Telescope, you see the Pole A at the vertical Wire. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 5 Mr. Pickwick, with..his telescope in his great-coat pocket. 1841 R. W. Emerson Thoughts on Art in Dial Jan. 369 Dollond formed his achromatic telescope on the model of the human eye. 1865 ‘L. Carroll’ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland i. 9 Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope! 1875 R. Adamson in Encycl. Brit. III. 221/2 He [sc. Roger Bacon] certainly describes a method of constructing a telescope. 1945 C. E. Balleisen Princ. Firearms ix. 95 A telescope to be mounted on a firearm must itself be able to withstand the effect of the recoil. 1948 Newsweek 18 Nov. 98/2 The newer radio telescope..is designed to gather radio static in the microwave region. 1974 Physics Bull. May 208/4 A balloon-borne gamma ray telescope, sensitive to photons with energies greater than 50 MeV, has observed several regions of the sky. 2005 J. B. Zirker Acre Glass v. 107 The telescope, built to last at least a decade, would require occasional maintenance by astronauts. 2013 Sky at Night Apr. 37/1 During an equinox, the rings [of Saturn] become edge-on to us and all but fade from view unless you're using a large telescope. b. figurative and allusively. ΚΠ 1650 Musgrave Muzled 5 Our eyes or spectacles, discern onely a smaller Meteor, but by the benefit of a telescope, we may behold a prodigious Commet, ominous to the peace of this Common-wealth. 1652 W. Charleton Darknes Atheism Advt. to Rdr. sig. C3^v A sufficient incitement to look upon our Imperfections, through the diminishing Telescope of Charity. 1679 W. Howell Medulla Historiæ Anglicanæ Pref. sig. A7 It [sc. History] is indeed that Telescope by which we see into distant Ages. 1701 Christianity Great Ornament Humane Life vii. 77 Faith's incomparable Telescope can look through all intercepting Clouds. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 176. ⁋11 Others are furnished by criticism with a telescope. 1816 Ld. Byron Dream vii, in Prisoner of Chillon 44 The glance Of melancholy is a fearful gift; What is it but the telescope of truth? 1885 J. K. Jerome On Stage p. v Duty no longer demands that memory should use a telescope. 1936 Michigan Technic Oct. 9/1 If one peer through the telescope of the anthropologist down the ‘Long Road’ of Life. 2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 17 Sept. (Second ed.) 19 Such men force you to look down the telescope of time and history in a different way. 2. Astronomy. With the and capital initial. (The English name of) the constellation Telescopium. Chiefly as a conscious translation. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] telescopec1795 Telescopiumc1795 air pump1807 table mountain1837 mensa1847 Men1922 table1978 c1795 J. Cary Names & Situations Constellations 15 Telescopium. The Telescope, Situated in the Southern hemisphere. 1811 D. Brewster Ferguson's Astron. (new ed.) I. 424 The following new Southern Constellations have been introduced by De la Caille...Telescopium, the Telescope. 1989 J. Sanford Observing Constellations 110/2 Telescopium, the Telescope, was introduced by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752. Compounds C1. a. General attributive and objective. telescope maker n. ΚΠ 1752 J. L. Cowley Geom. made Easy (List of Subscribers) 4 Mr Short, Telescope-Maker. 1843 Brit. Critic Jan. 168 It is no fault of the telescope-maker, that they cannot see such things with the naked eye. 1938 Times 31 Aug. 12/4 The mirror has now to go to Great Britain to the telescope makers..to be ground and polished. 2001 A. Hirshfeld Parallax x. 172 Professional telescope makers focused their energies on precision. telescope making n. ΚΠ 1809 Philos. Trans. Abridged 1755–63 (Royal Soc.) 11 630 He began to work in his new profession of telescope making. 1937 Discovery Nov. 360/1 Amateur telescope-making is a hobby that has found many more enthusiasts in the United States than in the British Isles. 2012 O. Darrigol Hist. Optics iii. 78 His interest in optics was mostly limited to the Dutch art of telescope making. telescope mirror n. ΚΠ 1792 J. S. Barr tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. X. 196 The compounded metal with which telescope mirrors are made. 1856 Engineer 26 Dec. 702/1 The alloy..resembles the metal of telescope mirrors. 1941 Life 17 Mar. 85/2 A 200-in. telescope mirror..will extend man's sight millions of light years beyond its present horizons. 2009 D. Isbell & S. E. Strom Observatories of Southwest 1 Telescope mirrors have grown lighter and dramatically thinner. telescope mount n. ΚΠ 1899 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 16 Feb. 3/8 An iron strip..has one end firmly clipped to the telescope mount. 1963 Sci. News Let. 19 Oct. 250/1 The grinding of a telescope mirror in the construction of a telescope mount is a popular..activity. 2013 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 22 Aug. A pair of spacewalking Russian cosmonauts installed a new telescope mount on the International Space Station on Thursday. telescope stand n. ΚΠ 1795 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 348 To these labours we owe my 7-feet Newtonian telescope-stand. 1829 Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 7 I..placed the instrument on a support made for a telescope stand. 1918 Kerry Archaeol. Mag. 4 289 A mahogany telescope stand. 2007 M. Peston User's Guide to Meade LXD55 & LXD75 Telescopes iii. 34 A telescope stand's function is to provide support and stability. telescope tube n. ΚΠ a1703 R. Hooke Disc. Earthquakes in Posthumous Wks. (1705) 358 A Telescope Tube of a due length and bigness for the Object-glass made use of. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 175/1 Instead of fixing the wire to the telescope tube, it is stretched across a sliding-piece. 1931 H. S. Williams Bk. of Marvels 90 The telescope tube, as the axis revolves, follows the movements of the star-field on which it is focused. 2012 G. North Observing Solar Syst. 460 The manufacturer may well have set the secondary mirror off-centre within the telescope tube. b. Similative. telescope-shaped adj. ΚΠ 1833 Court Mag. June 263/2 The jew-fish, with his telescope-shaped eye. 1922 Rotarian Aug. 65/3 In his telescope-shaped shop Casey carried a fair to middling stock of shirts and collars. 2011 Metro (Nexis) 21 Oct. 19 The pocket-sized, telescope-shaped cameras went on sale yesterday in the US only. c. attributive. With the sense ‘capable of being extended or retracted by having parts which fit or slide within one another, as in the sliding tubes of an extendable hand-held telescope’. Cf. telescopic adj. 4. (a) † telescope chimney n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1843 Manch. Guardian 20 Sept. 3/1 A common tubular boiler..and a telescope chimney. 1904 Country Life in Amer. Apr. 530/2 A folding sheet-iron wood-stove with a telescope chimney and oven costs only $14. telescope joint n. now rare ΚΠ 1828 Repertory Patent Inventions 5 252 How few of those who wanted them could afford to pay for the nice workmanship of the sliding telescope joints. 1928 Pop. Mech. Oct. 666/2 Telescope joints of new fishing rods frequently stick so that it is extremely difficult to loosen them without damaging the rod. 2012 Y. Bai & Q. Bai Subsea Engin. Handbk. xxv. 829 A slick joint, also known as a telescope joint, consists of two concentric pipes that telescope together. (b) Designating a table which can be increased in size using one or more movable sections. Chiefly in telescope table (see Compounds 2). ΚΠ 1815 Caledonian Mercury 4 Mar. (advt.) Telescope dining tables. 1828 Aberdeen Jrnl. 3 Dec. 3/3 (advt.) A set of Telescope Tables, 15 feet long. 1938 Scotsman 22 July 18/6 (advt.) Oak Telescope Table. 2007 Tribune (Indiana) (Nexis) 6 July Five-piece aluminum telescope table and chairs. C2. telescope bag n. (a) a travelling bag or case made of two parts, one sliding down over the other when closed; (b) a bag used for carrying a small telescope. ΚΠ 1885 J. Short Diary 10 Apr. in Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) (1973) 11 Apr. 29/3 Telescope bags packed, in case we have to start for Calgary in a hurry. 1949 W. Faulkner Knight's Gambit 124 A tremendous old-fashioned telescope bag, strapped and bulging, sat on a chair. 2013 M. J. Hightower Banking in Oklahoma before Statehood vii. 171 The proprietor kept money in an old telescope bag. 2015 J. Ashley Astrophotogr. on Go xiii. 248 Short tube refractors are easily carried in a small soft sided telescope bag. telescope carp n. now rare = telescope goldfish n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > carassius auratus (gold-fish) > monstrous telescope carp1796 telescope-fish1813 1796 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist’s Misc. VIII. sig. C3 (heading) The Telescope Carp. 1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. 211 Telescope Carp... Scarlet-Carp, with protuberant eyes, all the fins half white. 1951 W. K. Gregory Evol. Emerging I. 558/1 Such strange creatures as lion-headed and telescope carps have been derived from ordinary carps. telescope driver n. Astronomy a drive or mechanism for moving an astronomical telescope so as to follow the apparent motion of celestial objects; also (in recent use) a computer software program that controls the movement of a telescope. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > telescope > astronomical telescopes > parts of well1706 declination axis1835 declination circle1835 telescope driver1874 adaptive optics1966 1874 E. Beckett Rudimentary Treat. Clocks & Watches & Bells (ed. 6) 213 Mr. De la Rue and Mr. Cooke appear to have hit simultaneously on the following plan for a telescope-driving clock... A still simpler telescope-driver was invented by Mr. R. F. Bond. 1989 R. M. Genet & D. S. Hayes Robotic Observatories vii. 130 Our approach is to..have reversing switches on the control paddle and telescope driver to accommodate various optical, telescope drive, and location configurations. 2004 M. W. Swanson NexStar User's Guide x. 189 This [software] allows a single telescope driver to be optimized for each model of telescope. telescope-eye n. (a) a telescopic eyestalk or a tubular eye; (b) (more fully telescope-eye goldfish) = telescope goldfish n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > carassius auratus (gold-fish) goldfish1752 crucian1763 gold carp1765 crusoe1799 telescope-eye1848 telescope goldfish1880 shubunkin1917 lion-head1928 Oranda1928 1848 A. Adams & L. Reeve Mollusca 36 in A. Adams Zool. Voy. H.M.S. Samarang (1850) Cautiously protruding its longest telescope-eye from the truncature in the front of the shell, it will remain stationary until assured of security. 1971 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 178 179 Though he described the eyes [of the fish Scopelarchus] as telescope eyes he did so only because the pair of them resembled opera glasses. 1975 T. W. Dukes in W. E. Rubelin & G. Migaki Pathol. Fishes 386 There are numerous malformed eyes that are ‘normal’ for certain species or strains (e.g., telescope-eye goldfish). 2003 Handbk. Fisheries & Aquaculture Technol. (Nat. Inst. Indust. Res. India) l. 659 Some popular varieties [of goldfish] are lionhead, fantail, comet, celestial, egg fish, pearl scale, telescope eye, bubble eye, oranda and shunbunkin. telescope-fish n. (a) = telescope goldfish n. (now rare); (b) any fish of the small family Giganturidae, which comprises slender deep-sea fishes with tubular eyes and a ribbon-like tail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > carassius auratus (gold-fish) > monstrous telescope carp1796 telescope-fish1813 1813 J. Macloc New, Compl., & Universal Nat. Hist. (new ed.) 288 (heading) The Telescope Fish. 1933 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 112 361 The Demi-ranchu or Telescope-fish.—This variety is so called from its protruding eyes which are like cylinders. 1968 J. E. Fitch & R. J. Lavenbeg Deep-water Teleostean Fishes Calif. 41 The Pacific telescopefish [sc. Bathyleptus lisae] lacks pelvic fins, scales, and luminous organs. 2009 Nature 19 Feb. 973/3 Remarkable transformations occur in other deep-sea inhabitants, such as telescopefishes. † telescope fly n. Obsolete any two-winged fly of the family Diopsidae, having the eyes at the ends of long stalks; also called stalk-eyed fly. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > miscellaneous types > member of genus Diopsis telescope fly1858 1858 W. Baird Cycl. Nat. Sci. 208/1 The telescope fly, D. Sykesii, is a native of India. 1919 64th Exhib. Photogr. Soc. Illustr. Catal. 16 A series of fourteen photomicrographs of the structure of the head of the Telescope Fly, Diopsis apicalis, from Natal. telescope goldfish n. a variety of fancy goldfish with large protruding eyes and large fins, developed in China; also called telescope-eye. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > carassius auratus (gold-fish) goldfish1752 crucian1763 gold carp1765 crusoe1799 telescope-eye1848 telescope goldfish1880 shubunkin1917 lion-head1928 Oranda1928 1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 167 Occasionally the eyes are protruding, forming what are known as the telescope goldfish. 1936 A. P. Morgan Aquarium Bk. Boys & Girls 19 All Telescope Goldfish have eyes which are entirely normal until they are about two months old. 2001 A. Sabloff Reordering Nat. World ii. iv. 114 The ‘Telescope goldfish’ [is] bred with eyes so disproportionately large and protuberant for its body that it is likely to injure them while swimming against hard objects. telescope pole n. †(a) a pole or mast used to support a telescope (obsolete rare); (b) (in later use) an extendable telescopic pole; spec. (Angling) = telescope rod n. ΚΠ 1675 R. Hooke Diary 19 Aug. (1935) 175 With drinking broth and feather I vomited a little but head and eyes much worse... Raisd Telescope Pole to the Turret. Was well refresht after vomit. 1821 Northampton Mercury 14 Apr. 1/3 (advt) Pair of handsome brass and japanned telescope Poles for fire Shades. 1888 Amer. Angler 5 May 284/2 As I unfurled my telescope pole and adjusted the reel. 1928 Los Angeles Times 14 Oct. vi. 3/5 The car is practically all within the tent... Steel telescope poles, pegs, and guy ropes are carried under the seats. 2005 M. A. Magnor Video-based Rendering ii. 14 (caption) Telescope poles..can be jammed between the floor and ceiling.., offering great flexibility in camera positioning. telescope rod n. Angling an extendable and retractable fishing rod consisting of sections which slide within one another. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > rod > [noun] > types of rod pole1577 telescope pole1675 fly-rod1684 dopper1688 whipper1688 bag-rod1787 telescope rod1820 salmon rod1841 greenheart1869 spinning-rod1870 loop-rod1885 roach pole1892 trunk-rod1893 sea-rod1902 1820 T. F. Salter Troller's Guide viii. 52 The most portable are those made to screw into a two jointed telescope rod. 1914 Hunter-Trader-Trapper Apr. 76/2 With the telescope rod one can fish in places where it would be next to impossible to use the full length rod. 2014 D. Lee River Iron xvi. 217 Ken was leaning back with his telescope rod straight up and his line taut when all at once he pulled in a bass with a mighty heave. telescope shell n. now rare any of various marine gastropod molluscs of the family Potamididae, having a long conical shell with numerous whorls (also called horn snail); esp. one of the genus Telescopium; (also) the shell itself. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > miscellaneous types > shell of family Potamididae telescope shell1752 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. iii. 134 (heading) The Telescope-shell. 1866 Intellect. Observer Nov. 253 (caption) Longitudinal section of telescope-shell (Cerithium telescopium, L.), from Indian rivers. 1984 D. Sharabati Red Sea Shells Pl. 4 (caption) The Telescope Shells are slender and often drab shells which live in large colonies in muddy or brackish water. telescope-sight n. a magnifying sight (sight n.¹ 14), typically operating on the same principles as a refracting telescope; esp. (in later use) such a sight designed to be used with and mounted upon a firearm; = telescopic sight n. at telescopic adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > sights sight1588 telescope-sight1674 telescopic sight1674 1674 R. Hooke Animadversions Machina Cœlestis 58 Fix into this other half of the Tube a Telescope-Sight. 1733 C. Cock Catal. Pictures Sir R. Cotton 27 Three leg'd staff Telescope Sight and plain Sight. 1835 London & Edinb. Philos. Mag. 7 306 An excellent brass sextant..well fitted up with telescope-sights. 1946 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 146/1 Making a telescope sight for a rifle is an excellent home-workshop project for the marksman who has a taste for fine lathework. 2010 Democrat-Reporter (Linden, Alabama) (Nexis) 11 Nov. After removing the suspect from the trailer, officers found a rifle with a telescope sight which he could have used to kill all the deputies. telescope table n. a table which can be increased in size using one or more movable sections. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > extending table drawing table1552 draw-table1593 telescope table1828 draw-top1904 draw-leaf table1917 1815 Caledonian Mercury 4 Mar. (advt.) Telescope dining tables.] 1828 Aberdeen Jrnl. 3 Dec. 3/3 (advt.) A set of Telescope Tables, 15 feet long. 1938 Scotsman 22 July 18/6 (advt.) Oak Telescope Table. 2007 Tribune (Indiana) (Nexis) 6 July Five-piece aluminum telescope table and chairs. telescope word n. a word formed by blending sounds from two or more others and combining their meanings; a portmanteau word; cf. telescope v. 3c. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > compounding > blending > word formed by portmanteau1871 portmantologism1887 telescope word1890 blend1909 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Apr. 4/3 Unless the author of ‘'Twas brillig’ [i.e. Lewis Carroll]..can be got to intervene and produce a telescope word. 1977 Lebende Sprachen 22 9/1 A rather special form of collocation are the so-called blends or telescope words. 2009 Times 14 Apr. 52/3 These words formed by combining two or more words are also known as telescope words. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). telescopev. Brit. /ˈtɛlᵻskəʊp/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌskoʊp/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: telescope n. Etymology: < telescope n. †1. transitive. slang. To watch or observe (a person) from a distance. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1756 Life & Mem. E. T. Bates xx. 160 Bates..set off, expecting the Dogs..would soon be at his Heels, which was the case, for a lean sallow Secretary being sent, (which Bates imagines was to telescope him home, as they call it, he never having oblig'd them with that Particular) [etc.]. 1838 Bell's Life in London 2 Sept. After each [sc. of two boxers] had telescoped the other for a short time, and measured his distance, Hannan broke ground left and right. 1891 Quiver 26 847/2 One of those Bow Street fellows first of all telescoped him, and then microscoped him, and then ran him in. 2. intransitive. To use a telescope to observe, or look for, a person or thing. Also transitive: to observe (a person or thing) through a telescope. Now somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1832 F. A. Butler Jrnl. 3 Sept. (1835) I. 45 We presently descried a boat rowing..towards us. The distance was some five miles..; we telescoped and stood on tiptoe. 1846 Southern Q. Rev. July 170 A woman..mingling with man in the pursuit of knowledge.., telescoping the stars like a Mrs. Somerville. 1878 Art Jrnl. Mar. 70/2 Danjel was telescoping continually; frequently a supposed reindeer turned out to be only a stone in the snow. 1902 G. Meredith Let. 22 Oct. (1970) III. 1469 I thought you to be with Britain's volunteer Admiral telescoping off our East Coast for signs of the German fleet. 2008 Tucson Citizen (Electronic ed.) 8 Oct. c3 A Harvest Moon Celebration: Moonlight walk.., folklore and nature trails, telescoping the moon, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. 3. a. transitive. To force, drive, or slide (one thing) into another or (several things) together, or to collapse or compress (something) lengthways, in or after the manner of the sliding tubes of a hand-held telescope. Also: to extend (something) lengthways, in or after this manner.Often, esp. in early use, with reference to railway carriages in a collision. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > fold up or roll up wrapa1375 roll?a1425 wind?1523 to roll together1525 to roll up1530 fold1561 to wind up1590 furdel1594 to fold up1621 uproll1623 furla1657 telescope1844 concertina1891 accordion1897 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > slide or force one object into another telescope1844 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > reduce by compression depress1665 compress1800 squeeze1833 telescope1844 1844 [implied in: F. Chamier Mysterious Man I. ix. 183 The telescoping of the flute, in and out, till it was up to pitch. (at telescoping n.)]. 1869 Scotsman 30 July 3/6 The smoking car of the express train..was ‘telescoped’ into the baggage car. 1879 Times 11 Oct. 5/6 A Pacific express train..ran into a locomotive, completely telescoping the baggage wagons of the express. 1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. II. xviii. 101 He closed the glass with a ringing of the tubes as he telescoped them. 1921 Lab. Apparatus & Reagents (A. H. Thomas Co., U.S.) (new ed.) 546 The instrument is focused by telescoping the tube carrying the eye opening into the prism tube. 1967 S. Terkel Division Street i. 32 One guy was driving sixty miles an hour... Boom, right into another car. The second car looked like an accordion. Telescoped it. 2015 Star-News (Wilmington, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 13 Mar. 3 b Then we telescoped the rods full-length and poked them into the angled holders. b. intransitive. To collapse or be compressed lengthways, in or after the manner of the sliding tubes of a hand-held telescope; (also) to extend or be extended lengthways, in or after this manner. Also: to have the property of being retractable and extendable in this way. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > fold or roll up furl1676 uproll1805 telescope1866 roll1901 fold1914 concertina1918 accordion1943 1866 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 19 May 483/3 This kind of platform..prevents the possibility of one coach telescoping, as it is termed, into another. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2524/2 Two screws.., one working within the other, and both sinking or telescoping within the base. 1905 F. Bond Gothic Archit. 594 Chichester central tower telescoped within the memory of man. 1926 ‘N. Shute’ Marazan vii. 160 As the fuselage telescoped, the engine came crashing back into the front cockpit upon his legs. 1961 Times of India 23 Oct. 6/3 The largest number of casualties were caused in the fifth and sixth bogeys which telescoped into each other. 1975 Boating Sept. 106/2 (advt.) 6 foot Fishing Rod telescopes down to only 15½″. 2013 R. Schofield Heist ii. 11 From his belt he took a silver baton; he flicked his wrist and it telescoped out from his hand. c. transitive. figurative. To compress so as to occupy less space or time; to combine or condense (a number of things); to conflate (one thing) with another. Also with into. Also intransitive: to be compressed or condensed in this way. ΚΠ 1886 Rep. Supreme Court Missouri 84 283 Sentences are telescoped into other sentences in utter disregard of all ordinary rules. 1894 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 289 The stages which occupy the broom for the whole of its lifetime are telescoped, as it were, in the gorse into the first three weeks. 1909 Expositor July 57 It would then be just possible that St. John had to this slight extent ‘telescoped’ the two accounts together. 1933 C. Liddle & D. Thibault Tunchi vi. 197 His words telescoped together into an unintelligible, dry-throated mutter. 1953 Ess. in Crit. 3 57 Shelley's mind..has telescoped the shattered autumn landscape with a stormy Heaven and Ocean. 1961 Amer. Speech 36 162 Generalizing over all such cases, the linguist can telescope them into one single, economical rule of agreement as a formal requirement for well-formed English sentences. 1971 Jrnl. Water Pollution Control Federation 43 365 The key word is speed—time telescopes, the world shrinks. 2005 Wire Dec. 57/2 The four musicians..proceeded to play for four hours. The results..have been telescoped to a portable 80 minutes. 4. transitive. To place (one's curled or clenched hand or hands) over or around one's eye in a manner resembling the action of using a telescope. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [verb (transitive)] > make into telescope telescope1862 1862 [implied in: G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner II. 170 Looking through his telescoped hand. (at telescoped adj. at Derivatives)]. 1889 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 419/1 Telescoping my hand, [I] sent a long searching look into the length of the dingy shadow. 1922 S. Scoville Wild Folk iii. 65 Reginald..made the people of Cornwall suspect his sanity by frequently telescoping his hands to look at color-values. 1981 W. P. Fox Dixiana Moon xv. 209 If a person from a hundred yards away telescoped his hands over his eyes and blocked out the phone poles and the TV antenna, it could really be happening a thousand years ago. Derivatives ˈtelescoped adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > folded up or rolled up upfoldenc1400 rolled?c1425 uprolled1592 rolled-up1683 upfurled1818 upfolded1822 unevolved1831 telescoped1852 concertinaed1880 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [adjective] > telescope telescopical1664 telescopic1674 telescoped1852 1852 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 24 Apr. 1/5 (advt.) An elegant Queen Mab Silk Parasol, Fringed, Lace Tasselled and Telescoped. 1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner II. 170 Looking through his telescoped hand. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 3/2 The telescoped carriages and the injured men and women lying about. 1953 S. K. Langer Introd. Symbolic Logic (ed. 2) ii. 53 Many apparently simple statements express, in telescoped form, more than one proposition. 2003 D. Hecht City of Masks xxxvii. 346 He was experiencing a telescoped, dreamlike memory. 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