telescopic
adjUK /tɛlɪˈskɒpɪk/
Etymology From tele- + -scopic, after telescope.
1
Pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope.
- 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 […].2015, David Wootton, The Invention of Science, Penguin, published 2016, page 197:
2
Astronomy, Natural sciences Seen by means of a telescope; only visible through a telescope.
- telescopic stars
3
Capable of seeing distant objects; far-seeing.
4
Able to be extended or retracted by the use of parts that slide over one another.
- telescopic baton
5
Referring to parts being extended or retracted along coinciding axes (with or without direct contact between the parts).
- Derived terms
- nontelescopic, phototelescopic, pretelescopic, radiotelescopic, telescopical, telescopically, telescopic sight, telescopic star, telescopic vision, telescoping
- Related terms
- telescope, microscopic, macroscopic, naked-eye