a telescope is a form of:
Telescope
noun
- 1.
- (an instrument for making distant objects as stars appear nearer and larger) កែវយឹត
verb — past tense: telescoped ; past participle: telescoped ; present participle: telescoping ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to fit a smaller into a larger similar object; to slide into one another; to collapse like the sections of a field glass. to condense so as to occupy less space or time) ស្រុញចូលគ្នា
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (1. To cause to slide inward or outward in overlapping sections, as the cylindrical sections of a small hand telescope do. 2. To make more compact or concise; condense) ធ្វើអោយស្រុញចូលគ្នា
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.
adjective
- 1.
- Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of joints or parts one within the other; telescopic; as, a telescope bag; telescope table, etc.
verb — past tense: telescoped ; past participle: telescoped ; present participle: telescoping ;
- 1.
- To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope.