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   telescope

   /ˈtɛlɪskəʊp/

   noun

   • 1. an optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer, containing an arrangement of lenses, or of curved mirrors and lenses, by which rays of light are collected and focused and the resulting image magnified.
   • ▪ short for radio telescope

   verb

   • 1. (with reference to an object made of concentric tubular parts) slide or cause to slide into itself, so that it becomes smaller: "five steel sections that telescope into one another" Similar slide togethercollapse
   • ▪ crush (a vehicle) by the force of an impact: "he drove right into another car—telescoped it" Similar crushconcertinasquashcompactcompress
   • ▪ condense or conflate so as to occupy less space or time: "a large portion of the past had to be telescoped and summarized for her" Similar condenseshortenreduceabbreviateabridgesummarizeprecisabstractboil downshrinkencapsulatecuttruncatecurtailtrimconsolidateconflaterare:capsulizeOpposite amplify

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Italian telescopio or modern Latin telescopium, from tele- ‘at a distance’ + -scopium (see -scope).

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