telescoping

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of telescope
adj
  1. Synonym of telescopable.
noun
  1. The act of extending or contracting in the manner of a telescope.
  2. Extending limited data to make up for gaps
  3. A telescopic action.
  4. 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.

Word forms

telescoping telescopings

Synonyms

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