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    telescope
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    tel‧e‧scope1 /ˈteləskəʊp, ˈtelɪskəʊp $ -skoʊp/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Modern Latin
     Origin: telescopium, from Greek teleskopos 'seeing a long way', from tele- ( ⇨ tele-) + skopos 'watcher'

    a piece of equipment shaped like a tube, used for making distant objects look larger and closer
        through a telescope
        Details on the moon’s surface can only be seen through a telescope. ⇨ radio telescope

    II
    telescope2 verb
    1. [transitive] to make a process or set of events happen in a shorter time
        be telescoped into something
        The whole legal process was telescoped into a few weeks.
    2. [intransitive] if something telescopes, the parts of it press together or slide over each other, and it becomes smaller:
        The front of the car telescoped when it hit the wall.