Telescope vs. Microscope

Telescopenoun

A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy.

Telescopenoun

Any instrument used in astronomy for observing distant objects (such as a radio telescope).

Telescopeverb

(ambitransitive) To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope.

Telescopeverb

(ambitransitive) To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass.

Telescopeverb

(intransitive) To come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another.

Telescopenoun

An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.

Telescopeverb

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; to become compressed in the manner of a telescope, due to a collision or other force.

Telescopeverb

To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope.

Telescopeverb

to shorten or abridge significantly; as, to telescope a whole semester's lectures into one week.

Telescopeadjective

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.; - now more commonly replaced by the term telescoping.

Telescopenoun

a magnifier of images of distant objects

Telescopeverb

crush together or collapse;

Telescopeverb

make smaller or shorter;

Telescope

A telescope is an optical instrument using lenses, curved mirrors, or a combination of both to observe distant objects, or various devices used to observe distant objects by their emission, absorption, or reflection of electromagnetic radiation. The first known practical telescopes were refracting telescopes invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century, by using glass lenses.

Microscopenoun

An optical instrument used for observing small objects.

Microscopenoun

Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).

Microscopeverb

To examine with a microscope, to put under a microscope (literally or figuratively).

Microscopenoun

An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.

Microscopenoun

magnifier of the image of small objects;

Microscope

A microscope (from the Ancient Greek: μικρός, mikrós, and σκοπεῖν, skopeîn, or ) is a laboratory instrument used to examine objects that are too small to be seen by the naked eye. Microscopy is the science of investigating small objects and structures using a microscope.