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telescoping

tel·e·scope
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tel-uh-skohp]
    • /ˈtɛl əˌskoʊp/
    • /ˈtel.ɪ.skəʊp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tel-uh-skohp]
    • /ˈtɛl əˌskoʊp/

Definitions of telescoping word

  • noun telescoping an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope. 1
  • noun telescoping (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Telescopium. 1
  • adjective telescoping consisting of parts that fit and slide one within another. 1
  • verb with object telescoping to force together, one into another, or force into something else, in the manner of the sliding tubes of a jointed telescope. 1
  • verb with object telescoping to shorten or condense; compress: to telescope the events of five hundred years into one history lecture. 1
  • verb without object telescoping to slide together, or into something else, in the manner of the tubes of a jointed telescope. 1
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Origin of telescoping

First appearance:

before 1610
One of the 40% oldest English words
1610-20; tele-1 + -scope; replacing telescopium (< New Latin; see -ium) and telescopio (< It)

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Parts of speech for Telescoping

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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  • telescope

    an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.

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  • jack post

    a post for supporting a floor beam, having two telescoping sections, adjustable to any height.

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    an indoor television antenna consisting of two telescoping, swivel-based aerials.
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