telescope
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a magnifier of images of distant objects
Types & categories
- magnifier hypernym
- astronomical telescope hyponym
- collimator hyponym
- equatorial hyponym
- solar telescope hyponym
- transit instrument hyponym
Parts & wholes
- aperture part meronym
- viewfinder part meronym
- optical prism part meronym
Related & opposite
- telescopic derivation
- telescopic derivation
Sense 2 verb
crush together or collapse
In the accident, the cars telescoped
Types & categories
- squeeze hypernym
Sense 3 verb
make smaller or shorter
the novel was telescoped into a short play
Types & categories
- condense hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | telescopic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | telescopic |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | aperture |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | viewfinder |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | optical prism |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | magnifier |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | astronomical telescope |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | collimator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | equatorial |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | solar telescope |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | transit instrument |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | squeeze |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | condense |