telescopic
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- adjective
- /tɛləˈskɑpɪk/
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telescópico
- I was shooting with a Nikon D100 and a telescopic 80-400mm anti-vibration lens.
And when I get home at night, then I unscrew the wire, put the telescopic antenna back on it, pull it out and sweep my house.
- And when I get home at night, then I unscrew the wire, put the telescopic antenna back on it, pull it out and sweep my house.
Examples
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Snipers with .22 rifles and telescopic sights straddle the rooftops.
Fiction book (1995) -
Look at this: father's camera (Laika) and a cylindrical plastic box containing a telescopic lens.
Fiction book (1996) -
Now what kind of device has a telescopic sight mounted on it?
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The two rear legs are telescopic, made of one pipe that slides inside another to allow for changing the tilt of the panels.
Academic text (2006) -
In order to check a nest without disturbing the bird, I use a telescopic stick with a bicycle mirror on it to quickly see into the nest.
Academic text (2006) -
And when I get home at night, then I unscrew the wire, put the telescopic antenna back on it, pull it out and sweep my house.
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Even today, professional hunters, armed with telescopic rifles and operating from helicopters, can't control the number of deer on those mountains.
Academic text (1990) -
This is transported by conveyor into a "cassette" or filling device, combined with a telescopic feeder.
Academic text (1998) -
They were arrested, then soon released, though one assumes that their rifles with telescopic sights on them would have been confiscated.
Blog text (27) -
The camping equipment includes a telescopic pole that can be adjusted to different heights.
Antonyms
Compounds
How Extendable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Telescopic comes from telescope, because early telescopes had long tubes that slid in and out, and that sliding idea made the word mean 'able to extend or fold'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a pole or cup that pulls out and pushes in just like a telescope tube.