telescope /telˈi-skōp/

1. An optical instrument for viewing objects at a distance
2. A radio telescope (qv)

1. To drive or slide one into another like the movable joints of a telescope
2. To compress, shorten, make smaller, etc
3. To compact, crush

1. To collapse part within part, like a telescope
2. To be compressed or compacted

telescopic /-skopˈik/ or telescopˈical adjective

1. Of, performed by, or like a telescope
2. Seen only by a telescope
3. Sliding, or arranged, like the joints of a telescope
4. Capable of retraction and protrusion

telescopˈically adverb

telescopˈiform adjective

telescopist /ti-lesˈkə-pist/ noun

A person who uses a telescope

Telescōpˈium noun (astronomy)

The Telescope, a small southern constellation between the constellations of Ara and Corona Austrinus

telesˈcopy noun

The art of constructing or of using the telescope

telescopic shaft noun (engineering)

An assembly of one or more tubes and a solid rod sliding one within the other to provide a shaft of variable length

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