Telescopic

adj

adj ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope.

    "Within a year or two of Galileo's telescopic discoveries no one disputed that the moon had mountains, Jupiter had moons, Venus had phases and the sun had spots […]."

  2. 2
    Seen by means of a telescope; only visible through a telescope.

    "telescopic stars"

  3. 3
    Capable of seeing distant objects; far-seeing.
  4. 4
    Able to be extended or retracted by the use of parts that slide over one another.

    "telescopic baton"

  5. 5
    Referring to parts being extended or retracted along coinciding axes (with or without direct contact between the parts).
Adjective
  1. 1
    having parts that slide one within another wordnet
  2. 2
    capable of discerning distant objects wordnet
  3. 3
    visible only with a telescope wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
clear sightedcollapsiblefarseeingfarsightedhawk eyedmicroscopic

Example

More examples

"Clyde made very detailed drawings of his telescopic observations of Jupiter and Mars."

Etymology

From tele- + -scopic, after telescope.

Related phrases

telescopic sighttelescopic startelescopic visionnaked eye

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