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Roots TELE & SCOPE
Term | Definition |
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telephone | a device used to talk to a distant person |
television | a device that receives sounds and pictures that are sent over the airwaves |
telegraph | a device that uses electrical signals to send messages quickly over long distances |
telephoto | a magnifying camera lens used to photograph distant objects |
telescope | an instrument used for viewing distant objects, including planets, stars, and galaxies |
microscope | an instrument used to examine very small objects |
periscope | a device used on submarines to see above water |
stethoscope | a medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body |
kaleidoscope | a tube containing loose bits of colored glass or plastic that show many different patterns as it is turned |
teleport | to be transported across space immediately |
telecast | a broadcast by television |
telegram | a message transmitted by telegraph |
horoscope | the prediction of a person's future based on astrological signs |