Used in a Sentence

telescopic

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for telescopic.

Editorial note

Your comments border on delusional, like arguing that the existence of telescopic sights on rifles means that all telescopes are weapons.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of telescopic gathered in one view.

adjective

Pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope.

adjective

Capable of seeing distant objects; far-seeing.

adjective

Able to be extended or retracted by the use of parts that slide over one another.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for telescopic.

Example sentences

1

Your comments border on delusional, like arguing that the existence of telescopic sights on rifles means that all telescopes are weapons.

2

Silly question, could you put a telescopic sight, on a thermal camera to detect the bits of output.

3

Then I tried zooming in with a telescopic sight (right-click and hold), then shooting with a left-click at the same time.

4

Presumably Adria wasn't utilizing some telescopic microphone to record their whispers.

5

Seems like it could be adapted for lightweight telescopic optics.

6

I skipped getting glasses and started working outdoors (a high reach telescopic forklift operator).

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I'm a fan of the telescopic mouseover effect, and the abundance of blue/purple.

8

I've got friends with projects like pan/tilt camera mounts for quadcopters, searchlight mounts for their car roof, telescopic sight mounts for guns, indicators for motorcycles.

9

And back to another side note, I stumbled upon this writing by Joe Davis called Telescopic Text [1] a few years ago, and loved it.

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* Detailed telescopic observations: Moons of Jupiter, Phases of Venus, Mountains on the Moon & Sunspots, etc.

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Maybe we'll start seeing advances in telescopic technologies and analyses in the years to come -- to pick up on more complex periodic motion of the more complex solar systems.

12

Yeah, we have ultrasonic fingerprint sensors underneath displays, infrared structured light cameras, periscope telescopic lenses, foldable displays, computational photography,...

Quote examples

1

My local police department has a "command center" rv and telescopic lookout post that the Feds paid like $3M for.

2

The article says there is "a high-resolution telescopic camera" on board.

3

Wire performance has not been keeping up with the transistors since something like 90nm (2004), hence the "telescopic metal stack" Clock speeds are in part chosen based on optimal path length (measured in gate count).

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While I agree that telescopic empathy is often more self-serving and less helpful than it appears, I would make the same claim of calls to "step out of the game," finite or no.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use telescopic in a sentence?

Your comments border on delusional, like arguing that the existence of telescopic sights on rifles means that all telescopes are weapons.

What does telescopic mean?

Pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope.

What part of speech is telescopic?

telescopic is commonly used as adjective.