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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Telescopic  \Tel`e*scop"ic\,  Telescopical  \Tel`e*scop"ic*al\,  a. 
  [Cf.  F.  t['e]lescopique.] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  telescopic 
  adj  1:  visible  only  with  a  telescopic;  "a  bright  star  with  a 
  telescopic  companion" 
  2:  capable  of  discerning  distant  objects;  "a  telescopic  eye"; 
  "telescopic  vision" 
  3:  having  parts  that  slide  one  within  another;  "a  telescopic 
  antenna";  "a  telescopic  drinking  cup" 




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