telescopic

From tele- +‎ -scopic, after telescope.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɛlɪˈskɒpɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɒpɪk

telescopic (comparative more telescopic, superlative most telescopic)

1. Pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope. [from 17th c.]
   • 2015, David Wootton, The Invention of Science, Penguin, published 2016, page 197:

     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. (chiefly astronomy) Seen by means of a telescope; only visible through a telescope. [from 17th c.]

   telescopic stars

3. Capable of seeing distant objects; far-seeing. [from 18th c.]
4. Able to be extended or retracted by the use of parts that slide over one another. [from 19th c.]

   Synonyms: telescopable, telescoping

   telescopic baton

5. Referring to parts being extended or retracted along coinciding axes (with or without direct contact between the parts). [from 20th c.]

• telescope
• microscopic
• macroscopic

• naked-eye

Borrowed from French télescopique.

telescopic m or n (feminine singular telescopică, masculine plural telescopici, feminine and neuter plural telescopice)

1. telescopic