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telescopical |
1 definition 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.
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