Telescope(a.) To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another.
Telescope(n.) An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.
Telescope(v. t.) To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope.
Telescoped(imp. & p. p.) of Telescope
Telescopic(a.) Alt. of Telescopical
Telescopical(a.) Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope.
Telescopical(a.) Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as, telescopic stars.
Telescopical(a.) Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing; far-reaching; as, a telescopic eye; telescopic vision.
Telescopical(a.) Having the power of extension by joints sliding one within another, like the tube of a small telescope or a spyglass; especially (Mach.), constructed of concentric tubes, either stationary, as in the telescopic boiler, or movable, as in the telescopic chimney of a war vessel, which may be put out of sight by being lowered endwise.
Telescopically(adv.) In a telescopical manner; by or with the telescope.
Telescoping(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Telescope

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