telescope in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for telescope in the English»French Dictionary

I.telescope [Brit ˈtɛlɪskəʊp, Am ˈtɛləˌskoʊp] N

telescope (for astronomy)

télescope m

telescope (hand-held)

lunette f d'approche

visible through a telescope

visible au moyen d'un télescope

II.telescope [Brit ˈtɛlɪskəʊp, Am ˈtɛləˌskoʊp] VB trans lit

telescope stand, umbrella

replier

telescope fig content, series

condenser (into en)

III.telescope [Brit ˈtɛlɪskəʊp, Am ˈtɛləˌskoʊp] VB intr

telescope stand, umbrella:

être télescopique

telescope car, train:

se télescoper

refracting telescope N

refracting telescope

lunette f d'approche

radio telescope N

radio telescope

radiotélescope m

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nautical telescope

lunette f marine

high-powered telescope, microscope, lens

à fort grossissement

Translations for telescope in the French»English Dictionary

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longue-vue

telescope

télescope

telescope

télescope électronique/spatial

electron/space telescope

radiotélescope

radio telescope

réfrac|teur

refracting telescope

lunette d'approche ASTRON

telescope

lunette marine

nautical telescope

telescope in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for telescope in the English»French Dictionary

I.telescope [ˈtelɪskəʊp, Am -əskoʊp] N

telescope

télescope m

II.telescope [ˈtelɪskəʊp, Am -əskoʊp] VB trans

1. telescope (make shorter):

telescope

télescoper

2. telescope fig:

telescope

condenser

III.telescope [ˈtelɪskəʊp, Am -əskoʊp] VB intr

telescope

se télescoper

radio telescope N

radio telescope

radiotélescope m

reflecting telescope N

reflecting telescope

télescope m à miroirs

Translations for telescope in the French»English Dictionary

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télescope

telescope

longue-vue

telescope

regarder dans une longue vue

to look through a telescope

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English

By 1976, the largest telescope planned, the 3.6 m, started operations.

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This meant they need more than one mirror per telescope since mirrors had to be frequently removed and re-polished.

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After giving orders to the men, he let them go and watched them with his telescope.

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Large radio telescopes scan the intensity in the sky of particular frequencies of electromagnetic radiation which are characteristic of certain molecules' spectra.

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The telescope is one of the world's largest amateur operated telescopes.

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When observations with another telescope confirmed the emission, it eliminated any sort of instrumental effects.

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This demonstrated the importance of the use of optical telescopes in the studies of gamma-ray bursts.

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At maximum brightness the star can be seen with the naked eye, while at minimum a telescope of at least 5 cm is needed.

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With a traditional optical telescope, the space between stars and galaxies (the "background") is completely dark.

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None of the three telescopes was constructed, although several design studies were carried out and some scale models were made.

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