Definition of "telescopy" []

• The art or study of making and operating telescopes. (noun)

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• "I am too far for touch, too near for Proustian telescopy."
• "But in the 1970s, the double whammy of radio telescopy and a Mariner 10 flyby revealed a wealth of details needing names."
• "Nor will the reader without reflection readily realize the enormous stride which was made in telescopy when the makers advanced from the twenty-seven-inch to the thirty-six-inch objective."