Telescopic
[telɪ'skɒpɪk]
Definition
(adj.) having parts that slide one within another; 'a telescopic antenna'; 'a telescopic drinking cup' .
(adj.) capable of discerning distant objects; 'a telescopic eye'; 'telescopic vision' .
(adj.) visible only with a telescope; 'a bright star with a telescopic companion' .
Typist: Portia--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Alt. of Telescopical
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Examples
- Was there any ingenious plot, any hide-and-seek course of action, which might be detected by a careful telescopic watch? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A great accompaniment to artillery is The Range Finder, a telescopic apparatus for ascertaining accurately the location and distance of objects to be fired at. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Gun equipped with telescopic and night sights and with electric and percussion pull-off firing gear. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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