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Telescopic   /tˌɛləskˈɔpɪk/   Listen
Telescopic

adjective
1.
Visible only with a telescope.
2.
Capable of discerning distant objects.  "Telescopic vision"
3.
Having parts that slide one within another.  "A telescopic drinking cup"



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"Telescopic" Quotes from Famous Books



... main feature in this invention is a telescopic tube, expanded or closed by a coil fitting within it, and ...
— Scientific American, Vol. 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 • Various
... with all these forms of substances there are mathematical laws of length and breadth, or definite proportions of each, and reflective angles, that are every way as exact as those which regulate the colors of the prism, the images of the mirror, or the telescopic light of astronomic worlds—mathematics for the heart as truly as ...
— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 • Various


Words linked to "Telescopic" :   telescope, visible, seeable, collapsible, farsighted, telescopic sight, collapsable, presbyopic, telescopy


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