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Meanings of telescope in English

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telescópio
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ullera de llarga vista

A magnifier of images of distant objects.

        telescópio
        Usage of telescope in English
        1
        Images sure don't come straight out of space telescope looking press-release ready.
        Wired
        2
        He could see through his telescope that they were young sea eagles.
        Depths
        3
        The Dutch government, appreciating the refracting telescope's military value, became a customer.
        Wired
        4
        Europe's new space telescope, Cheops, won't be trying to find new planets.
        BBC
        5
        Adam trained his telescope on the widening stretch of water directly ahead.
        In the King's name
        6
        When you look into a telescope, you're actually looking back in time.
        The new yorker
        7
        Through my telescope you have seen the first, the Great Riddle Gate.
        The Neverending Story
        8
        Without a telescope, you can't tell how far away the stars are.
        Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
        9
        Harding examined it; then seizing his telescope he rushed to the window.
        The Mysterious Island
        10
        No local optical telescope was going to be of any immediate use.
        Moonfall
        11
        Much of the science that the telescope did built on his work.
        The Guardian
        12
        Stay a moment; I will take one other look through the telescope.
        Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
        13
        On the narrowest point of the bluff was a large brass telescope.
        East of the sun
        14
        He raised a telescope and held it carefully to his good eye.
        Colors Aloft!
        15
        The all-seeing telescope and the clever thief, however, are found in both.
        Filipino Popular Tales
        16
        As I watched, the comet vanished from the field of the telescope.
        Out Around Rigel
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        Common
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