English-Portuguese translations for telescope

• telescópio
  Reuniu-se com algum dos Estados-Membros responsáveis pela decisão sobre a localização do telescópio? Did it hold any meetings with any of those Member States responsible for deciding on the location of the telescope?
  O texto original suscitou justificadamente grande oposição e, efectivamente, foi muito alterado, pois olhava os portos pela ponta errada do telescópio.The original text was, quite rightly, heavily opposed and indeed heavily amended. It looked at ports through the wrong end of the telescope.
  Já há muito que as viagens à Lua deixaram de ser empreendidas e que as novas descobertas no espaço já podem ser feitas a partir da Terra, graças a telescópios cada vez mais avançados. Trips to the moon have been a thing of the past for a long time, and further space discoveries can also be made from Earth, thanks to ever improved telescopes.

Definition of telescope

• A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy
• To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope
• To come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another

Related words

• hypertelescope
• radio telescope
• space telescope
• Schmidt telescope
• X-ray telescope
• refracting telescope
• reflecting telescope
• Dobsonian telescope
• Newtonian telescope