Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In a telescopic manner: Relating to, using, or resembling a telescope; involving the ability to extend or retract in sections that slide within one another, similar to the tubes of a telescope.
   • By means of a telescope: Using a telescope to view or examine something.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • The antenna extends telescopically to reach a height of ten meters. (It extends in sections that slide out from one another.)
  • The tripod legs are designed to adjust telescopically for uneven ground. (They adjust by sliding sections in and out.)
  • The engineer observed the distant signal telescopically. (He observed it using a telescope.)

Advanced Usage

• Mechanical/Engineering Context: Describing a mechanism where parts slide within each other to vary length or size.
  • The crane's boom can be deployed telescopically to access hard-to-reach areas.
• Figurative Use: Describing a perspective that is far-reaching or compresses a long view into a short scope.
  • The historian viewed the century's events telescopically, focusing only on the major turning points.

Variants and Related Words

• Telescopic (adjective): Of, relating to, or made with a telescope; having parts that slide in and out.
  • telescopic lens, telescopic pole
• Telescope (noun/verb): An optical instrument for viewing distant objects; to compress or condense.
  • He used a telescope to see the stars. The two meetings were telescoped into one.

Synonyms

• Extendably: Capable of being extended in length.
• Collapsibly: Capable of being folded into a more compact shape.
• Optically (for the viewing sense): By means of lenses or visual instruments.

Related Phrases

• To collapse telescopically: To retract or fold in on itself in sections.
  • The walking stick collapses telescopically to fit in a bag.
• Telescopic sight: A sighting device using a telescope, often on a rifle.
  • The sniper aimed using a telescopic sight.

Related Idioms

• To view something telescopically: To consider something from a very distant or compressed perspective, often missing finer details.
  • His report viewed the complex political process telescopically, so it lacked nuance.

Adverb

1. in a telescopic manner
   • each of the four legs contains a simple screw jack with a thrust bearing that is operated telescopically inside of two tubes