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Extending vs Telescopic - What's the difference?

extending | telescopic |

As a verb extending

is .

As an adjective telescopic is

telescopic.

extending

English

Verb

(head)

    • telescopic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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.
    • telescopic stars

    Derived terms

    * telescopic sight * telescopic vision

    Related terms

    * telescope * microscopic * macroscopic

    See also

    * naked-eye