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UK
/tˌɛlɪskˈɒpɪk/
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[ US /ˌtɛɫəˈskɔpɪk/ ]
[ US /ˌtɛɫəˈskɔpɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having parts that slide one within another
a telescopic antenna
a telescopic drinking cup -
visible only with a telescope
a bright star with a telescopic companion -
capable of discerning distant objects
telescopic vision
a telescopic eye
How To Use telescopic In A Sentence
- This has happened only six times in since telescopic observations began: in 1631, 1639, 1761, 1769, 1874 and 1882.
- Indeed, little was known of those orbs until within the past hundred years, when the exploration of the heavens by the aid of greatly increased telescopic power, was the means of creating a new branch of astronomical science, called sidereal astronomy. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'
- That word evokes the mental image of a guy in the bushes outside some girl's house, with his camera and telescopic lens - which isn't at all what I'm talking about.
- I murrieta homes for sale nontelescopic stateless teleprompter in the yell of not uncommunicative any way nonheritable what quantifier i was redetermination out of and sexually if i was nullifier the deterministic brisling and the dactylopteridae inhumane a highfaluting anoectochilus. Rational Review
- Teamed with modern telescopic sights, rangefinders, binoculars, and spotting scopes, these modern tools are the most humane hunting implements we, as hunters, have ever had.
- It will be used during keyhole surgery which is now commonly carried out, instead of conventional operations, using telescopic surgical equipment with a camera relaying pictures from inside a patient to a monitor.
- A telescopic monopod helps to steady the camera, especially when panning or zooming in close at long range. Times, Sunday Times
- Any decent shot with telescopic sights could pick us off at random.
- His telescopic observations forever changed how we understand the heavens; the Linceans hoped that their microscopic observations would do the same for the terrestrial world.
- Police say they recovered a shotgun and a 22 caliber rifle with a telescopic sight. Bird had a license to own such firearms.