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telescopic definition

tele·scopic (tel′ə skäp′ik)

adjective

  1. of a telescope or telescopes
  2. seen or obtained by a telescope
  3. visible only with the aid of a telescope
  4. having distant vision: said esp. of a sight or lens that apparently enlarges distant objects
  5. having sections that slide one inside another a telescopic drinking tumbler
Also telescopical tel′e·scop′i·cal

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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