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Telescopic vs Telescoping - What's the difference?

telescopic | telescoping |

As an adjective telescopic

is telescopic.

As a verb telescoping is

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As a noun telescoping is

the act of extending or contracting in the manner of a telescope.

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

    telescoping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of extending or contracting in the manner of a telescope.
  • * 2000 , Walter Sickert, ?Anna Gruetzner Robins, Walter Sickert: The Complete Writings on Art (page 507)
    • Mr Sadleir's prose style recalls Whistler's at every turn. There are the same terrific and nonchalant telescopings of continents and centuries, and the same honeyed omniscience, kind but firm, and the same want of an innate sense of proportion