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True or False:Telescope is made up of the prefix tele-, which means far, distant, and the suffix-scope, which means to see, observe.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The word ‘telescope’ is based on two Greek words, the prefix ‘tele’ (meaning ‘far away’) and the suffix ‘scope’ (meaning ‘seeing’). There are many other words in English with these roots.

Detailed explanation-2: -Telescope is from the Greek roots tele. “far, ” and skopos, “seeing; ” so it literally describes what the instrument does.

Detailed explanation-3: -: a usually tubular optical instrument for viewing distant objects by means of the refraction of light rays through a lens or the reflection of light rays by a concave mirror compare reflector, refractor. : any of various tubular magnifying optical instruments. 3. : radio telescope.

Detailed explanation-4: -A scope prefix is a textual label pre-appended to a schema keyword to provide a contextual scope. This allows ascribing a specific and well-understood context to keywords in a predefined manner.

Detailed explanation-5: -Suffix.-scope. Used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination.

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