telescoped

7.9

Pushed together so parts slide into one another or seem shorter

adjective
/tɛləˈskoʊpt/

: telescopado

After the telescoped presentation, the team felt confident about the project's direction.

Examples

In an instant of telescoped time, he saw a figure turn in the light, stare down the shaft, and raise his weapon...

Fiction book (1990)
The suitcase was fully telescoped, making it easy to store in the car trunk.
So it would use an inner telescoping band system, so the the links would slide into each other as you twist turn the dial of the watch.
Her memories of childhood had become telescoped, blending different events into a single vivid moment.

Synonyms

packed

vstelescoped

12 1.3

Pressed tightly together in a small space

is shortened by internal sliding rather than just tight placement

compressed

vstelescoped

1 3.7

Pressed firmly together or made smaller to save space

is shortened by parts sliding into each other rather than general pressing

contracted

vstelescoped

4.0

Something that becomes smaller and tighter when parts pull together

is shortened by overlapping sliding rather than simple shrinking

serried

vstelescoped

Literature

9.6

Standing very close together with little space between them

is about being crushed or shortened, not merely close orderly arrangement

How Compressed

telescoped

7.9

compressed

1 3.7

compact

60 4.1

Surface Forms

telescoped positive

Morphology

telescoped = telescope (semi-transparent) = telescope + ed

Formed by the verb 'telescope' + -ed; the meaning of compression follows from the verb's sense of collapsing, but that verb sense may be unfamiliar to learners who know only the instrument noun.

Etymology

The word telescoped comes from telescope, the long tube that helps you 'look' at things 'far' away and whose sections can slide into each other; tele- means 'far' and -scope means 'to look'. So when something is telescoped, its parts have been pushed or slid together, making it much shorter or crushed.