TELESCOPIC; TELESCOPICAL

a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope.

2.
a.

Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as, telescopic stars.

3.
a.

Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing; far-reaching; as, a telescopic eye; telescopic vision.

4.
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.