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The origin of the word telescope is from the Greek mathematician Giovanni Demisiani. "tele" means far and "scope" means to look or see. For more information see Related Links below.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoit seems to have evolved normally in the 18th century from telescopical & telescopic which grew out of the 17th century word & invention telescope which was named probably in 1611 from greek words meaning far & seeing the sense that describes the operation of sliding or overriding sections in the manner of a telescope is much more recent than the sense that describes seeing far by means of a telescope
& may possibly be as late as the 1940s
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∙ 12y ago"Tele" = "far" (television, telecommunications, teleportation)
"Scope" = "looker" (otoscope, periscope)
It's the combination of the fragments, originally from Greek:
-- "tele-", meaning 'far' (like in television, teletype, telegram, telecommunication)
and
-- "scope", meaning 'seeing'
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∙ 13y agoTele (greek for 'far' and skope or skopein - 'to see'.
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∙ 12y ago"Tele" = "far" (television, telecommunications, teleportation)
"Scope" = "looker" (otoscope, periscope)
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∙ 12y agoIt got its name by the Greek word (tele='far' and skopein = 'too look or see'; teleskopos= 'far seeing'.)
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What is the origin word of telescope for secretbuilders?
greek is the answer, if go on secret builder and go to the telescope quest and that answer answer to the question 1 Hans 2greek 3earth
Is TeleScope A Compound Word?
no
How many syllables in telescope?
There are three syllables in the word telescope.(Tel - e - scope).
Is telescope a singular noun?
Yes the word telescope is a singular noun. The plural noun is telescopes.
How many syllables in the word telescope?
3
What is a 5 letter word for the origin word for telescope?
scope
What does the word telescope mean in a greek language?
The origin of the word "telescope" is ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Italian telescopio or modern Latin telescopium, from tele- 'at a distance' + -scopium (see -scope ).
What is the origin word of telescope for secretbuilders?
greek is the answer, if go on secret builder and go to the telescope quest and that answer answer to the question 1 Hans 2greek 3earth
What is the origin word telescope?
from Greek 'teleskopos' meaning 'far seeing'. There is a word in Latin with the same meaning, 'telescopium'
Is telescope an adverb?
No, the word telescope is not an adverb.It is a noun, adjective and a verb.The closest adverb form of the word "telescope" is telescopically.
What is the adjective of telescope?
The word 'telescope' is a noun.Example: "I don't know how to use a telescope."
What is the word part for telescope?
The only three syllable word that can be made out of some of the letters in telescope is "celeste"
The origin of the word telescope?
It's the combination of the fragments, originally from Greek: -- "tele-", meaning 'far' (like in television, teletype, telegram, telecommunication) and -- "scope", meaning 'seeing'
Is TeleScope A Compound Word?
no
What are two English words with the Greek origin meekros and scopein and NOT not microscope?
micromanagement telescope
A word containing the root word scope?
telescope
What word do you get by combining the word roots for far away and sound?
The answer is TELESCOPE because the word roots of telescope are ¨far away¨ and ¨see.¨
