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Definitions: Telescopic |
TelescopicAdjective1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "telescopic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Distance | Adjective: distant; far off, far away; remote, telescopic, distal, wide of; stretching to; Verb: yon, yonder; ulterior; transmarine, transpontine, transatlantic, transalpine; tramontane; ultramontane, ultramundane; hyperborean, antipodean; inaccessible, out of the way; unapproached, unapproachable; incontiguous. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Telescopic |
| English words defined with "telescopic": Cathetometer ♦ Expansion coupling, Expansion joint ♦ Magnitude of a star ♦ nontelescopic, nontelescoping ♦ panoramic sight ♦ telescopic sight, Telescopical, telescopically, Telestereoscope. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "telescopic": coal burster, comet hunter ♦ height of instrument, Howell-bunger valve ♦ Igor ♦ jam riveter ♦ mechanical yielding prop ♦ oleo leg, oleo strut ♦ SIGHT MOUNTER, sopwith staff, star tracker, stellar tracker ♦ tailend, telescopic box, telescopic cover, telescopic derrick, telescopic drill rig, telescopic gear, telescopic leg, telescopic loading trough, telescopic platform, telescopic rod, telescopic section, telescopic shaft, telescopic tube, toggle links, torque links. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Telescopic" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (telescopic). |
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Screenplays | I wish I had a rifle with a telescopic lens. (Desperate Living; writing credit: John Waters) | |
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 | [Projection of light through a telescopic lense].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Moon as solid body with irregular surface features in first telescopic drawings of moon to be published.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Lefroy from west, 13,000 ft., Laggan telescopic, Canadian Pacific Railway.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Business | Recent developments that have proved popular are loppers with telescopic arms to reach inaccessible tree branches, and the Garden Claw, which acts as a weeder, cultivator, and aerator. (references) | |
Economic History | El Salvador | For solid bulk goods, it has a telescopic unloader and clam ladle. (references) |
Uae | These expansions will require: radio and navigational aids, ground cargo handling and aircraft maintenance equipment, loaders, fire fighting trucks, telescopic walkways, air hose couplings, air conditioners, runway lights, radio navigation systems, escalators, baggage inspection X-Ray machines, catering and maintenance equipment, aircraft toilet cleaners, hydraulic lifts and refueling tankers. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Telescopic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Telescopic" is used about 70 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 70 | 39,981 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "telescopic": telescopic alidate ♦ telescopic box ♦ telescopic cover ♦ telescopic gear ♦ telescopic leg ♦ telescopic platform ♦ telescopic rod ♦ telescopic shaft ♦ telescopic sight ♦ telescopic sighting alidate ♦ telescopic tube. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "telescopic": telescopic-action, telescopic-lens. | |
Ending with "telescopic": non-telescopic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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telescopic steel baton | 62 |
telescopic baton | 38 |
telescopic ladder | 25 |
telescopic fishing rod | 23 |
telescopic | 22 |
telescopic sight | 20 |
glasses telescopic | 19 |
telescopic handler | 18 |
telescopic mast | 16 |
telescopic cover | 15 |
guide telescopic | 15 |
telescopic pole | 14 |
telescopic cylinder | 13 |
flag pole telescopic | 10 |
fishing pole telescopic | 10 |
telescopic hydraulic cylinder | 10 |
seating telescopic | 10 |
rod telescopic | 9 |
telescopic crane | 9 |
lift telescopic | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "telescopic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | teleskopik, largpamës (clear-sighted, far sighted, far-seeing, longsighted, shortsighted, visionary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تلسكوبي, بعيد النظر (far sighted, far-seeing, long sighted, penetrating, provident). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | телескопен, телескопичен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 望远镜 (telescope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | teleskopický, zasouvací, skládací (collapsable, collapsible, composing, folding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | teleskoprør (telescopic tube), teleskopaksel (telescopic axle, telescopic shaft), teleskoparm (flexible shaft, telescopic boom), teleskopdæksel (telescopic cover), teleskopdonkraft (telescopic jack), teleskopisk motorhjelm (telescopic hood), teleskopkasse (telescope box, telescope folding box, telescopic box, telescopic printed cardboard box), teleskoproer (telescopic tube), teleskoproer for kulindfyldning (coal drop sleeve, drop sleeve, feed sleeve, telescope, telescopic section), teleskoproer for kulisaetning (coal drop sleeve, drop sleeve, feed sleeve, telescope, telescopic section), teleskopspredebom (adjustable boom, telescopic boom, trombone boom), teleskopstang (mast, telescopic arm, telescopic mast), teleskopstræber (telescopic strut), teleskopisk pitprop (telescopic prop), udtrækbar spredebom (adjustable boom, telescopic boom, trombone boom), løftestang (lifter, mast, telescopic mast, tongs), optraekkeligt ben (telescopic leg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | telescopische spuitboom (adjustable boom, telescopic boom, trombone boom), telescooparm (flexible shaft, telescopic arm, telescopic boom), telescoopas (telescopic axle, telescopic shaft), telescoopbuis (telescopic tube), telescoopkap (telescopic hood), telescopische buis (adjusting tube, telescopic tube), telescopische krik (telescopic jack), telescopische stang (telescopic rod), telescopische stijl (telescopic strut), teleskopische beschermmantel (telescopic cover), teleskopische krik (telescopic jack), telescopische helfmast (mast, telescopic mast), vulwagentrechter (coal drop sleeve, drop sleeve, feed sleeve, telescope, telescopic section), combinatiehelikopter met telescooprotor (telescopic rotor aircraft, TRAC), verstelbare spuitboom (adjustable boom, telescopic boom, trombone boom), verstelbare stijl (telescopic prop), verstelbare stut (telescopic prop), vultelescoop (coal drop sleeve, drop sleeve, feed sleeve, telescope, telescopic section), vultrechter (coal drop sleeve, drop sleeve, feed sleeve, hopper, pit, telescope, telescopic section), regelbuis (adjusting tube, telescopic tube), kartonnen telescoopvouwdoos (telescope box, telescope folding box, telescopic box, telescopic printed cardboard box), intrekbare pijler (telescopic leg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وابسته بدوربین نجومی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | teleskooppipäällys (telescopic cover), teleskooppijoustin (telescopic strut), kiikarikivääri (rifle with telescopic sight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | télescopique, viseur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | teleskopisch, fernrohr-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τηλεσκοπικόσ (telescopicall). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | טלסקופי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | összetolható (collapsible), teleszkópos, messzelátós, kihúzható (extending, pull-out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tubo di regolazione (adjusting tube, telescopic tube), tirante telescopico (telescopic arm), telaio verticale (mast, telescopic mast), tubo telescopico (adjusting tube, telescopic tube), pilone retrattile (telescopic leg), assale tubolare telescopico (telescopic axle), barra irrorante regolabile (adjustable boom, telescopic boom, trombone boom), barra irrorante telescopica (adjustable boom, telescopic boom, trombone boom), barra telescopica (telescopic rod), braccio telescopico (extendable boom, flexible shaft, telescopic boom), cannocchiale (binoculars, coal drop sleeve, drop sleeve, feed sleeve, refracting telescope, sighting telescope, spyglass, telescope, telescopic section), cappotta telescopica (telescopic hood), albero telescopico (telescopic shaft), elicottero a rotore telescopico (telescopic rotor aircraft, TRAC), puntello telescopico (telescopic prop), puntone telescopico (telescopic strut), rivestimento estraibile (telescopic cover), rivestimento telescopico (telescopic cover), scatola di cartone telescopica (telescope box, telescope folding box, telescopic box, telescopic printed cardboard box), contropalo telescopico (telescopic strut). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 망원경 (telescope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fodreayrtanagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elescopictay telescópico. (various references) telescopic. (various references) телескопический. (various references) teleskopski. (various references) telescópico. (various references) teleskopisk, teleskop-, hopskjutbar. (various references) เกี่ยวกับกล้องส่องทางไกล. (various references) teleskopik, iç içe geçen. (various references) телескопічний (telescope), оптичний (optical, perspective, visual). (various references) thâu tóm (telescopical), ngắn gọn (briefly, concise, succinct, telescopical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "telescopic": telescopically. (additional references) | |
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"Telescopic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: telescop, teliscopic, teliscopik. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "telescopic" (pronounced te'luskô"pik) |
| 3 | -p i k | endoscopic, epic, geotropic, gyroscopic, isotopic, laparoscopic, microscopic, monocarpic, myopic, phenotypic, philanthropic, philippic, topic, tropic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-i-l-o-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: copesetic, scolecite. | |
-2 letters: petioles, picotees. | |
-3 letters: citoles, coesite, eclipse, ectopic, epistle, etoiles, pelites, petiole, picotee, piolets, pistole, poetics, poetise, polices, sceptic, sectile. | |
-4 letters: cestoi, citole, clepes, closet, colics, colies, copies, elects, elites, elopes, etoile, listee, optics, pectic, pelite, pestle, picots, pieces, pilose, pilots, piolet, pistol, poetic, poleis, police, polies, polite, potsie, select, septic, sopite, specie, splice, spoilt, stelic, stipel, toiles, topees, topics. | |
-5 letters: ceils, celts, cepes, cesti, cetes, cisco, cites, clepe, clept, clips, clipt, clits, clops, close, clots, coils, coles, colic, colts, copes, copse, cosec, coset, cosie, cotes, elect, elite, elope, epics, escot, estop, islet, istle, leets, lopes, lotic, oleic, optic, peels, peise, peles, pelts, pesto, picot, piece, piles, pilot, pisco, piste, plies, plots, poets, poise, poles, polis, posit, scope, secco, sepic, sleep, sleet, slept, slice, slipe, slipt, slope, socle, solei, speel, speil, spelt, spice, spiel, spile, spilt, spite, split, spoil, steel, steep, stele, stile, stipe, stoic, stole, stope, teels, teles, telic, teloi, telos, tiles, toile, toils, toles, topee, topes, topic, topis. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-e-i-l-o-p-s-t" | |
+3 letters: conceptualise, encyclopedist. | |
+4 letters: conceptualised, conceptualises, conceptualizes, encyclopedists, petrochemicals, telescopically. | |
+5 letters: complicatedness, conceptualities, conceptualizers, optoelectronics, overcomplicates. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 6C 65 73 63 6F 70 69 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- . .-.. . ... -.-. --- .--. .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01101100 01100101 01110011 01100011 01101111 01110000 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e l e s c o p i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 006C 0065 0073 0063 006F 0070 0069 0063 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54717871856981827569 |
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