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telescopic

3 6.2

Able to see very distant things clearly

adjective
/tɛləˈskɑpɪk/

: telescópico

Because of its high altitude, Jupiter should be the prime telescopic target for evening planet viewers.

Unless he's saying he too had telescopic vision and that this is in the Bible, right?

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Examples

Have you got three rifles with telescopic sights?

Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985)
In this day and age, cameras have incredible telescopic range.

Blog text (26)
And a man with your eye would hardly need a telescopic sight.

The Killing (1956)
Most people can't bag a deer with a rifle and a telescopic sight.

The Man from Earth (2007)
Out came the Hubble Deep Field, one of the most sighted telescopic images in the history of telescopes.
Because it lies closer to Earth than Saturn, Jupiter undergoes more rapid change in its telescopic appearance.

Academic text (2005)
Australia features some of the world's finest dark-sky sites for telescopic observing, spectacular impact craters, and major research observatories.

Academic text (2002)
With its telescopic capabilities, the camera can capture images of distant planets.
The astronomer used a telescopic lens to view the stars more clearly.
During the night, she delighted in using her telescopic binoculars to observe the moon.

Synonyms

farsighted

vstelescopic

Specialized

1 5.6

Seeing distant things more clearly than close ones

implies a stronger, almost instrument like capacity to view the far away

farseeing

vstelescopic

7.6

Able to see things that are far away

emphasizes far greater, almost instrument like distance perception

keen-sighted

vstelescopic

5.9

Seeing very well even from far away

focuses more on extreme distant seeing rather than general acuity

longsighted

vstelescopic

4.8

Able to see things far away clearly

suggests an even more extreme ability to view very far objects

hyperopic

vstelescopic

Specialized

9.7

Able to see far things more clearly than near ones

describes a more extreme distant perception as if aided by an instrument

hypermetropic

vstelescopic

9.9

A person who sees distant things more clearly than close ones

portrays a more dramatic ability to discern very far items visually

presbyopic

vstelescopic

Specialized

9.7

Has trouble seeing things up close because of age

refers to a stronger sense of distant viewing beyond ordinary distance sight

sharp-sighted

vstelescopic

4.6

Able to see small things very clearly

is more about extreme reach to view distant things rather than detail

clear-sighted

vstelescopic

4.7

A person or animal that can see clearly, even far away

places more weight on viewing very distant objects than general clarity

quick-sighted

vstelescopic

6.8

Able to see small or far things very clearly

is about exceptional distant perception rather than speed of seeing

Antonyms

blind

520 1.0

Unable to see because of illness, injury, or from birth

nearsighted

11 3.8

Cannot see distant objects clearly and can see close objects well

Compounds

telescopic sight

Specialized

1 7.4

A small telescope fixed to a gun to help aim at distant targets

How Far

eagle-eyed

1 6.3

telescopic

3 6.2

sharp-eyed

3 4.1

clear-sighted

4.7

Surface Forms

telescopic positive

Morphology

telescopic = telescope (transparent) = telescope + ic

Standard adjectival derivation from 'telescope' indicating the capacity to see distant objects; learners familiar with 'telescope' can infer this sense.

Etymology

Telescopic comes from telescope, from tele- 'far' and -scope 'to look', so the word means 'able to see far'. That's why a 'telescopic' gaze or eye seems to pick out distant things as if using a telescope.