adj
Meaning 1
Synonym of telescopable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: telescopable
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Standard Lemma guide
telescoping
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noun
Meaning 2
The act of extending or contracting in the manner of a telescope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Extending limited data to make up for gaps
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A telescopic action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- intermediate stages of telescoping of the parts together
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noun
Meaning 5
The temporal displacement of an event in which people perceive recent events as being more remote than they are and distant events as being more recent than they are.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
Examples
- The telescoping effect is divided into backward telescoping and forward telescoping.
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verb
Meaning 6
present participle and gerund of telescope
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology
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