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telescope
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noun
  1. An optical instrument used in astronomy for observing distant objects.
  2. Any instrument used in astronomy for observing distant objects (such as a radio telescope).
verb (telescop, ing)
  1. to extend or contract in the manner of a telescope.
telescopic
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adjective
  1. of, relating to, obtained with, or observable using a telescope
  2. capable of seeing distant objects
  3. capable of being extended or compressed by the use of parts that slide over one another
telescopy
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noun
  1. the manufacture and use of telescopes
telestereoscope
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noun
  1. a binocular telescope used for producing a stereoscopic image of a distant object
throw
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noun
  1. The flight of a thrown object; as, a fast throw.
  2. A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.
  3. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
  4. A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a .
verb (throws, throwing, threw, thrown)
  1. (transitive) To cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
  2. (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
    a shoe
    a rod
    the horse threw its rider
  3. (transitive) To move to another position; to displace.
    the switch
  4. (context, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
  5. (context, transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
  6. (context, transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
    If the file is readonly, the method throws an invalid operation exception.
    <!--this is C++ or some other programming language; it's not English!
    <code>if(this.IsReadonly?)</code>
    :<code> new System.InvalidOperationException?("Cannot write to readonly file.");</code>-->
  7. (sports) to intentionally lose a game
    ''The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to the match.
triplet
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noun
  1. A group of three or one of a group of three.
  2. One of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother.
  3. (music) A group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet
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