English English Dictionary

An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.

To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another.

To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope.

of Telescope

Alt. of Telescopical

Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope.

Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as, telescopic stars.

Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing; far-reaching; as, a telescopic eye; telescopic vision.

Having the power of extension by joints sliding one within another, like the tube of a small telescope or a spyglass; especially (Mach.), constructed of concentric tubes, either stationary, as in the telescopic boiler, or movable, as in the telescopic chimney of a war vessel, which may be put out of sight by being lowered endwise.

In a telescopical manner; by or with the telescope.

of Telescope

One who uses a telescope.

The art or practice of using or making telescopes.

A kind of amulet or magical charm.

Alt. of Telesmatical

Of or pertaining to telesms; magical.

A spectroscope arranged to be attached to a telescope for observation of distant objects, as the sun or stars.

A stereoscope adapted to view distant natural objects or landscapes; a telescopic stereoscope.

Tending or relating to a purpose or an end.

A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name. Cf. Acrostic.