Tèl'e-scōp'ie or Tèl'e-scōp'ie-al, a.

a. [Fr. télescopique, It. & Sp. telescopico.]

1. Of, or pertaining to, a telescope; performed by a telescope; as, a telescopic view.
2. Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as, telescopic stars.
3. Able to discern objects at a distance; far-seeing; far-reaching; as, a telescopic eye; telescopic vision.
4. Having the power of extension by joints sliding one within another, like the tube of a pocket telescope, or spy-glass; 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 in action by being closed endwise.