Word Meanings - TELESPECTROSCOPE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A spectroscope arranged to be attached to a telescope for observation of distant objects, as the sun or stars. Lockyer.

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• DISTANT
  stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See 1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. One board had two tenons, equally distant. Ex. xxxvi. 22. Diana's temple is not distant far. Shak. 2. Far separated;
• DISTANTIAL
  Distant. More distantial from the eye. W. Montagu.
• TELESCOPE BAG
  An adjustable traveling bag consisting of two cases, the larger slipping over the other.
• OBSERVATION CAR
  A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route; a car open, or with glass sides, or with a kind of open balcony at the rear.
• ATTACH
  tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack to fasten. Cf. Attack, and see 1. To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like. The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to
• OBSERVATIONAL
  Of a pertaining to observation; consisting of, or containing, observations. Chalmers.
• ATTACHABLE
  Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept.
• ATTACHE
  One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy.
• SPECTROSCOPE
  An optical instrument for forming and examining spectra (as that of solar light, or those produced by flames in which different substances are volatilized), so as to determine, from the position of the spectral lines, the composition of
• ARRANGE
  1. To put in proper order; to dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle. So came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets. Berners. were beginning to arrange their
• DISTANTLY
  At a distance; remotely; with reserve.
• OBSERVATION
  1. The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything. My observation, which very seldom lies. Shak. 2. The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view; reflection; conclusion;
• STARSHOOT
  See NOSTOC
• TELESCOPE
  An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies. Note: A telescope assists the eye chiefly in two ways; first, by enlarging the visual angle under which a distant object is seen, and thus magnifying that object; and,
• ARRANGEMENT
  1. The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form. 2. The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic
• STARSHINE
  The light of the stars. The starshine lights upon our heads. R. L. Stevenson.
• ARRANGER
  One who arranges. Burke.
• ATTACHMENT
  1. The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; anas, an attachment to a friend, or to a party. 2. That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle.
• STARSTONE
  Asteriated sapphire.
• MICROSPECTROSCOPE
  A spectroscope arranged for attachment to a microscope, for observation of the spectrum of light from minute portions of any substance.
• TELESPECTROSCOPE
  A spectroscope arranged to be attached to a telescope for observation of distant objects, as the sun or stars. Lockyer.
• MISARRANGEMENT
  Wrong arrangement.
• EQUIDISTANT
  Being at an equal distance from the same point or thing. -- E`qui*dis"tant*ly, adv. Sir T. Browne.
• REATTACHMENT
  The act of reattaching; a second attachment.
• WATER TELESCOPE
  1. A telescope in which the medium between the objective and the eye piece is water instead of air, used in some experiments in aberration. 2. A telescope devised for looking into a body of water.
• INOBSERVATION
  Neglect or want of observation.
• INEQUIDISTANT
  Not equally distant; not equidistant.
• PREARRANGE
  To arrange beforehand.
• UNATTACHED
  Not assigned to any company or regiment. (more info) 1. Not attached; not adhering; having no engagement; free.