Found 2 items, similar to Telescopic.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: telescopic telescopic adj 1: visible only with a telescopic; “a bright star with a telescopic companion” 2: capable of discerning distant objects; “a telescopic eye”; “telescopic vision” 3: having parts that slide one within another; “a telescopic antenna”; “a telescopic drinking cup”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Telescopic Telescopic \Tel`e*scop"ic\, Telescopical \Tel`e*scop"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. t['e]lescopique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope. [1913 Webster] 2. Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as, telescopic stars. [1913 Webster] 3. Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing; far-reaching; as, a telescopic eye; telescopic vision. [1913 Webster] 4. 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. [1913 Webster]