Expansion vs Telescopic - What's the difference?
expansion | telescopic |
The act or process of expanding.
The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.
A new addition.
A product to be used with a previous product.
That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.
* Beattie
(steam engines) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston.
of, relating to, obtained with, or observable using a telescope
capable of seeing distant objects
capable of being extended or compressed by the use of parts that slide over one another
Seen or discoverable only by means of a telescope.
As a noun expansion
is expansion.As an adjective telescopic is
telescopic.expansion
English
Noun
- The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood.
- My new office is in the expansion behind the main building.
- This expansion requires the original game board.
- the starred expansion of the skies
Antonyms
* (act of expanding) contractionDerived terms
* expansionism * expansion joint * expansion team * expansion cleat * expansion packtelescopic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- telescopic stars