telescoping

telescoping
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.]

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Telescoping — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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