telescopic
/tɛlɪˈskɒpɪk/
telescopic adjective: pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope.
Adjective
telescopic (comparative more telescopic, superlative most telescopic)
- 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 […].2015, David Wootton, The Invention of Science, Penguin, published 2016, page 197
- Seen by means of a telescope; only visible through a telescope.
- telescopic stars
- Capable of seeing distant objects; far-seeing.
- Able to be extended or retracted by the use of parts that slide over one another.
- telescopic baton
- Synonyms:
- telescopable, telescoping
- Referring to parts being extended or retracted along coinciding axes (with or without direct contact between the parts).
Synonyms of telescopic
Forms of telescopic
| comparative | more telescopic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most telescopic |
Origin of telescopic
From tele- + -scopic, after telescope.
Words formed from telescopic
Phrases with telescopic
Words that rhyme with telescopic
- topic
- microscopic
- polytropic
- tropic
- catascopic
- megascopic
- monotropic
- myopic
- tonotopic
- allotopic
- diascopic
- dystropic
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- ectopic
- fibroscopic
- gonadotropic
- macroscopic
- microendoscopic
- monoscopic
- polytopic
- proctoscopic
- rhinoscopic
- thermoscopic
- thermotropic
- acroscopic
- adrenocorticotropic
- aerotropic
- Afrotropic
- allotropic
- amblyopic
- ametropic
- anascopic
- anoscopic
- anthropic
- antigonadotropic
- antitropic
- antroscopic
- apocopic
- arthroscopic
- arthrotropic
- asthenopic
- astroscopic
- atopic
- auriscopic
- autoscopic
- autostereoscopic
- baroscopic
- barotropic
- basiscopic
- bathmotropic
- bioscopic
- bronchoscopic
- brontoscopic
- chemotropic
- chromatophorotropic
- chromoendoscopic
- chromotropic
- chronoscopic
- chronotopic
- chronotropic
- colorectoscopic
Questions about telescopic
- What does telescopic mean?
- Telescopic means pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope.
- What part of speech is telescopic?
- Telescopic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce telescopic?
- Telescopic is pronounced /tɛlɪˈskɒpɪk/ (UK).
Words near telescopic in the dictionary
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