Category:Telescopic

Tel`e*scop"ic, tel`e*scop"ic*al, a. Etym: [cf. F. télescopique.]

1. Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope.

2. Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as, telescopic stars.

3. Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing; far-reaching; As, a telescopic eye; telescopic vision.

4. 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.