\Tel`e*scop"ic\, Telescopical \Tel`e*scop"ic*al\, a.
[Cf. F. t['e]lescopique.]
1. Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope.
2. Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as, telescopic
   stars.
3. Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing;
   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 small telescope or a spyglass;
   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 by being lowered endwise.