telescope
English Thesaurus
1. a magnifier of images of distant objects (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | magnifier, |
| definition | : | a scientific instrument that magnifies an image (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | astronomical telescope, |
| definition | : | any telescope designed to collect and record electromagnetic radiation from cosmic sources (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | collimator, |
| definition | : | a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | equatorial, |
| definition | : | a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | solar telescope, |
| definition | : | a telescope designed to make observations of the sun (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | transit instrument, |
| definition | : | a telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | aperture, |
| definition | : | a device that controls amount of light admitted (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | finder, view finder, viewfinder, |
| definition | : | optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | optical prism, prism, |
| definition | : | optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image (noun.artifact) |
2. make smaller or shorter (verb.change)
3. crush together or collapse (verb.contact)
4. a magnifier of images of distant objects (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | telescopic, |
| definition | : | capable of discerning distant objects (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | telescopic, |
| definition | : | visible only with a telescope (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | telescopic, |
| definition | : | capable of discerning distant objects (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | telescopic, |
| definition | : | visible only with a telescope (adj.all) |
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