13 авг. 2024 г. · [instrument for viewing] 1872, shortened from telescope, microscope, etc., in which the element (Latinized) is from Greek skopein "to look" ( ...

From Latin tēlescopium, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos, “far-seeing”), from τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I look at”). Coined in 1611 by the ...

In the Starry Messenger, Galileo had used the Latin term perspicillum. The root of the word is from the Ancient Greek τῆλε, romanized tele 'far' and σκοπεῖν ...

to shorten or condense; compress: to telescope the events of five hundred years into one history lecture.

The word 'telescope' is based on two Greek words - the prefix 'tele' (meaning 'far away') and the suffix 'scope' (meaning 'seeing'). There are many other words ...

A telescope is a long instrument shaped like a tube. It has lenses inside it that make distant things seem larger and nearer when you look through it.

telescope is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Italian telescopio; Latin telescopium.

3 дня назад · The meaning of TELESCOPE is a usually tubular optical instrument for viewing distant objects by means of the refraction of light rays ...

"Scope" comes from the Greek skopos, meaning to "watch or look". Scope is a common suffix to the name of many such instruments that provide sensory feedback.