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telescopic
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Word definitions for telescopic in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
collapsible \collapsible\ adj. Capable of collapsing or being collapsed; as, a collapsible boat. [Narrower terms: telescopic ; tip-up ] Also See: folded . Antonym: noncollapsible . Syn: collapsable.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. visible only with a telescopic; "a bright star with a telescopic companion" capable of discerning distant objects; "a telescopic eye"; "telescopic vision" having parts that slide one within another; "a telescopic antenna"; "a telescopic drinking cup" ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 of, relating to, obtained with, or observable using a telescope 2 capable of seeing distant objects 3 capable of being extended or compressed by the use of parts that slide over one another 4 Seen or discoverable only by means of a telescope.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a telescopic picture of Mars ▪ The rifle comes with a telescopic sight. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A bolt-action rifle with telescopic sight. ▪ A motorised telescopic steering column is fitted as standard, as is an electrically ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1705, from telescope + -ic .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Telescopic is the second album by Edith Frost , released on October 20, 1998 through Drag City .
Usage examples of telescopic.
And, unaffected, their metabolisms insulated by pre-injective antidotal hormones, the two field reps of Lies Incorporated dogtrotted toward the windowless structure, and, as they trotted, brought out small, long-range laser pistols with telescopic sights.
Under telescopics, the image of Abaddon was even stranger, like a tear in the vacuum.
There was neck and jaw, an ear, I think, and a geyser of blood, brilliant in the light of their lamp, and then I had the littler catamite inside my telescopic sight, and then I planted the shot inside his ear.
Near it in the field, I remember, were three faint points of light, three telescopic stars infinitely remote, and all around it was the unfathomable darkness of empty space.
Finally the telescopic screens picked up the spaceport, a huge oval amphitheater excavated out of a valley between two jagged mountain ranges.
Kepler erred here, two moons did turn up in telescopic views of Mars more than two centuries later, when Asaph Hall at the U.
CHAPTER IV Telescopic Philanthropy We were to pass the night, Mr. Kenge told us when we arrived in his room, at Mrs.
After that, concerned Milagro citizens commenced picking off the varmints from a distance, using high-powered guns and telescopic sights.
Walnut stock, dark blued metal, a black shoulder guard, a high-riding telescopic sight.
Direct contact with vernier controls on the beam antenna added fine precision to the work of telescopic exploration.
On a sudden hunch, she clicked her optical enhancers to telescopic and focused on the door.
Lifting her head a few centimeters, she keyed her optical enhancers to telescopic and scanned the compound for the focus of the commotion.
Being made of metal made for steadiness, at least, as the split hair proved, and the auxiliary lenses changed the focal length of his eyes to his optional telescopic or microscopic sight.
When returning to the clubhouse, I spotted a reporter from the Washington Post who had been photographing my golf game through a telescopic lens.
Hera had several unobtrusive humodifications, including a telescopic lens implant in what looked like a normal eye.