TELESCOPIC

{ Tel′e‐scop″ic (?), Tel′e‐scop″ic‐al (?), } a. [[Cf. F. télescopique.]] 1. 1. Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope.
2. 2. Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as, telescopic stars.
3. 3. Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing; far-reaching; as, a telescopic eye; telescopic vision.
4. 4. 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.