An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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telescope
  دوربین، تلسکوپ  
durbin (#), teleskop (#)
Fr.: télescope  

An instrument used to collect and amplify light or other energy. → Refracting telescopes gather light by means of a lens, → reflecting telescopes by means of a mirror. → Radiotelescopes gather radio energy
by using an antenna. Telescopes have also been built that can gather X rays, gamma rays, and other forms of energy. → grazing incidence telescope.

Etymology (EN): From It. telescopio (used by Galileo, 1611), and Mod.L. telescopium (used by Kepler, 1613), both from Gk. teleskopos “far-seeing,” from → tele- “far” + -skopos “seeing,” from skopein “to watch, look, behold;” → -scope.

Etymology (PE): Durbin, from dur-, → tele-,

  • -bin “to see; seer,” → -scope.