'Telescoping' definitions:
Definition of 'Telescoping'
From: GCIDE
- Telescope \Tel"e*scope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Telescoped; p. pr. & vb. n. Telescoping.] 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 become compressed in the manner of a telescope, due to a collision or other force. [Recent] [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'Telescoping'
From: GCIDE
- Telescoping \Tel"e*scop`ing\ (t[e^]l"[-e]*sk[=o]p`[i^]ng), a. Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of sections or parts one within the other; telescopic; as, telescoping tripod legs; a telescoping table, etc.; -- a term replacing the formerly used telescope. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Definition of 'telescoping'
From: GCIDE
- Telescope \Tel"e*scope\ (t[e^]l"[-e]*sk[=o]p), a. Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of joints or parts one within the other; telescopic; as, a telescope bag; telescope table, etc.; -- now more commonly replaced by the term telescoping. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Words containing 'Telescoping'
- Telescope,
- Telescoped,
- Telescopic,
- Telescopical,
- Telescopically,
- Achromatic telescope,
- Aplanatic telescope,
- Astronomical telescope,
- Cassegrainian telescope,
- Dialytic telescope,
- Equatorial telescope,
- Galilean telescope,
- Gregorian telescope,
- Herschelian telescope,
- Hubble Telescope,
- Maksutov telescope,
- Newtonian telescope,
- Photographic telescope,
- Prism telescope,
- Reflecting telescope,
- Refracting telescope,
- Sciotheric telescope,
- Telescope bag,
- Telescope carp,
- Telescope fish,
- Telescope fly,
- Telescope shell,
- Telescope sight,
- Telescopic sight,
- Terrestrial telescope,
- Water telescope,
- Zenith telescope,
- coude telescope,
- finder telescope,
- optical telescope,
- radio telescope,
- schmidt telescope,
- solar telescope,
- Focal distance of a telescope,
- Hubble Space Telescope