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telescoping
(encz) | telescoping, |
Telescoping
(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] |
telescoping
(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.] |
Telescoping
(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] |
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nontelescoping
(encz) | nontelescoping, adj: |
nontelescopic nontelescoping
(gcide) | noncollapsable \noncollapsable\ noncollapsible
\noncollapsible\adj.
1. not able to be folded into a compact form. Opposite of
collapsible. [Narrower terms: {nontelescopic,
nontelescoping}]
[WordNet 1.5] |
nontelescoping
(gcide) | nontelescopic \nontelescopic\ nontelescoping
\nontelescoping\adj.
Not able to be contracted by a telescoping action; as, a
nontelescoping tripod would be awkward to carry.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Telescoping
(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]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.]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] |
Telescoping
(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]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.]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] |
nontelescoping
(wn) | nontelescoping
adj 1: not telescopic [syn: nontelescopic, nontelescoping] |
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