The transmission of sound between distant stations, especially by radio or telephone, The operation or art of telephoning, or reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance from their source, transmitting speech at a distance

An arrangement of lenses or mirrors or both that gathers light, permitting direct observation or photographic recording of distant objects, A telescope with its tube completely filled with water. Such an instrument was used by Airy at Greenwich, about 1870, as part of a zenith-sector, in order to settle by observation certain questions relating to the aberration of light, a telescope which has a simple eyepiece so constructed or used as not to reverse the image formed by the object glass, and consequently exhibits objects inverted, which is not a hindrance in astronomical observations, verb _To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope, crush together or collapse, make smaller or shorter, transitive verb_ to shorten or abridge significantly, Recent To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope, intransitive verb_ To cause to slide inward or outward in overlapping sections, as the cylindrical sections of a small hand telescope do, To make more compact or concise; condense, To slide inward or outward in or as if in overlapping cylindrical sections, adjective_ Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of joints or parts one within the other; telescopic

An electronic broadcast system in which special providers transmit a continuous program of video content to the public or subscribers by way of antenna, cable, or satellite dish, often on multiple channels, An electronic device for viewing television programs and movies, consisting of a display screen and speakers, uncountable Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television, verb_ neologism, informal To watch television

Plural form of television

archaeology A mound, originally in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements, A hill or mound, rare That which is told; tale; account, intransitive verb To give an account; to make report, intransitive verb_ To inform (someone) positively; assure, To notify (someone) of something; inform, To communicate by speech or writing; express with words, transitive verb_ To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform, To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover, to count; to divide

Having force and producing a striking effect, Revealing previously unknown information, serving to convince, verb_ Present participle of tell, noun_ informing by words, an act of narration, disclosing information or giving evidence about another

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tell

A temporary worker, as in an office, a temporary employee, usually in an office, verb_ To work as a temporary employee, intransitive verb_ To work as a temporary worker, abbreviation_ temperature, temporary

The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment, The degree of heat in the body of a living organism, usually about 37.0øC (98.6øF) in humans, The state of a substance with regard to sensible heat; the degree or intensity of the sensible heat of a body

Plural form of temperature