A telescopic eye. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A telescopic antenna. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A bright star with a telescopic companion. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
These kind of cylinders are called telescopic cylinders. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
Collapsible "telescopic" carbon alphorns are easy to lug around, and, thus, take on tour. From Wordnik.com. [Rocking the Alphorn] Reference
Through a kind of telescopic lens I saw before me a city in heaven and the essence which alone I sought to capture. From Wordnik.com. [Naomi Shemer.] Reference
One said there has been an increase in the number of families who are charged "telescopic" supply rates. From Wordnik.com. [ Analysis] Reference
Won, but had complaints from the Kiwis that the "telescopic" sight (i.e. The SUSAT) made it an unfair match. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Alice into a kind of telescopic medium, through which Mr. Pyncheon and himself might obtain a glimpse into the spiritual world. From Wordnik.com. [House of the Seven Gables] Reference
One panel of the screen went telescopic to track her. From Wordnik.com. [Gold in the Sky] Reference
They had made telescopic observations from within the atmosphere. From Wordnik.com. [A World Called Crimson] Reference
Both guards must have had their telescopic sights zeroed on the spot. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
This idea was unsuccessful until the invention of the telescopic band-mill. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
But you never saw the man except through the telescopic sights of your rifle. From Wordnik.com. [This Crowded Earth] Reference
The telescopic appearance of Saturn is one of the most beautiful in the heavens. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
About 300 stars are known as variable, but the majority of them are telescopic objects. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Cuthbert, though blind, was the most efficient polisher of telescopic mirrors in London. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
We then arrived at that favourite object for telescopic observers which is named Clavius. From Wordnik.com. [To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story] Reference
The Martian canals, as telescopic observation will prove in almost all cases, follow straight lines. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, a psychic revelation] Reference
I here found my telescopic sight very useful for observing every movement while personally laying guns. From Wordnik.com. [With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service] Reference
No approximation of the magnitude of telescopic stars can be arrived at; many of them may rival Sirius. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
The Germans employ a mobile apparatus which is very similar, but in this instance the mast is telescopic. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
Kitty Durango's friends only wanted art, what Kitty's dad had predicted in 1977 with a telescopic intelligence. From Wordnik.com. [Primary Creative] Reference
Gascoigne had invented and used telescopic sights for the purpose of making accurate astronomical observations. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
He examined a Winchester repeating rifle with a telescopic sight, then put it back and strapped on a .22 revolver. From Wordnik.com. [It Could Be Anything] Reference
Sometimes one of these cousins -- quite telescopic, so distant was the relationship -- would come to dine with us. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
He left the fun behind, too — a sawed-off, high-powered 6.5 mm Italian Army rifle with a four-power telescopic sight. From Wordnik.com. [The Day Kennedy Died] Reference
The strangest thing about the mountain he said was that its curved form made it a perfect telescopic lens of great power. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
It is doubtful if Fracastro had any notion of constructing a mechanism which might answer the purpose of a telescopic tube. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Let's hope they didn't sacrifice the telescopic steering wheel in the process of adapting the Microsoft-developed Sync system. From Wordnik.com. [Lost Focus] Reference
These trolleys each carried a vertical telescopic tube, by means of which the concrete was deposited at the bottom of the lock. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The telescopic appearance of the Moon is very interesting and beautiful, especially if the orb is observed when waxing and waning. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
They are, however, not in themselves sufficiently conspicuous to be separately discerned from the earth by our telescopic observers. From Wordnik.com. [To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story] Reference
And, as a tiny, at first telescopic crescent with a rusty light enlarged with lessened distance ahead, the ugly enigma of present-day. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
Police retrieved a 9-mm pistol; they also found two more pistols in a knapsack, and a rifle with a telescopic sight in the car Bess drove. From Wordnik.com. [A Shooting Stirs Tension In The Nation] Reference
A telescopic wand at the end of the hose also extends about a foot for cleaning between the pleats of drapes and other hard-to-reach areas. From Wordnik.com. [Inside Consumer Reports Test Labs: Reviews of the new Eureka Comfort Clean Oh! 4235 and LightForce 300 4718 vacuums] Reference
It includes also a list of such telescopic objects in each constellation as are easily found and lie within the power of a small telescope. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
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