Telescoping

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]