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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries望远镜
Pronunciation / Transliteration: wàng yuǎn jìng
"科学家用望远镜探索宇宙。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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An optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer, containing an arrangement of lenses, or of curved mirrors and lenses.
"We used a powerful telescope to observe the rings of Saturn."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the early 17th century from Modern Latin telescopium, from Italian telescopio, derived from Greek tēle 'far' + skopein 'to look'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "telescope" is said worldwide
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télescope
Transliteration: télescope
"Nous avons regardé les étoiles avec un télescope."
Teleskop
Transliteration: Teleskop
"Er betrachtete den Mond durch ein Teleskop."
telescopio
Transliteration: telescopio
"Gli astronomi usano un grande telescopio."
telescopio
Transliteration: telescopio
"Compró un telescopio para ver la luna."
telescópio
Transliteration: telescópio
"O astrônomo apontou o telescópio para o céu."
दूरबीन
Transliteration: doorbeen
"हमने दूरबीन से ग्रह देखा।"
望远镜
Transliteration: wàng yuǎn jìng
"科学家用望远镜探索宇宙。"
망원경
Transliteration: mangwongyeong
"우리는 망원경으로 밤하늘을 관측했다."
望遠鏡
Transliteration: bōenkō
"彼は望遠鏡で星を観察した。"
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