Telescope(n.)
- An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.
Telescope(a.)
- To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another.
Telescope(v. t.)
- To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope.
Telescopical(a.)
- Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope.
Telescopical(a.)
- Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as, telescopic stars.
Telescopical(a.)
- Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing; far-reaching; as, a telescopic eye; telescopic vision.
Telescopical(a.)
- 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.
Telescopically(adv.)
- In a telescopical manner; by or with the telescope.