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telescopic

adj
/tɛlɪˈskɒpɪk/UK

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -scopic English telescopic From tele- + -scopic, after telescope.

  1. derived from -ik English -ic English -scopic English telescopic From tele- + -scopic
  2. derived from -iquebor
  3. derived from -scope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor
  4. derived from *kʷelh₁-der✻

Definitions

  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. Seen by means of a telescope

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

    • telescopic stars

  3. Capable of seeing distant objects

    Capable of seeing distant objects; far-seeing.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Able to be extended or retracted by the use of parts that slide over one another.

      • telescopic baton

    2. Referring to parts being extended or retracted along coinciding axes (with or without…

      Referring to parts being extended or retracted along coinciding axes (with or without direct contact between the parts).

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Derived

nontelescopic, phototelescopic, pretelescopic, radiotelescopic, telescopical, telescopically, telescopic sight, telescopic star, telescopic vision, telescoping

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA