Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the manner of a telescope: as, an instrument that opens and closes telescopically.
- By means of the telescope; as regards the view presented by the telescope.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a telescopical manner; by or with the telescope.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb By means of a
telescope
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a telescopic manner
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Examples
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Concrete rings of slightly smaller diameter are "telescopically" introduced into the well (Fig 4).
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Epsilon, 1.6° NE of Vega, is the Double Double – binoculars reveal two stars, each of which is in turn double if viewed telescopically.
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London-born Halley, a graduate of Queen's College, Oxford, dedicated most of his life to astronomy and compiled a catalogue charting the location of stars in the southern hemisphere that was the first to contain telescopically determined locations.
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Viewed telescopically at low power, the observer will find it rich in background stars and a true delight in a low power, wide field eyepiece.
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: March 12-14, 2010 | Universe Today 2010
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Although we can never see the "Eagle" telescopically, we can find where it landed.
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: March 19-21, 2010 | Universe Today 2010
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Binzel's team telescopically collected information on NEAs, including a huge amount of spectral fingerprint data.
Asteroids Zipping Too Close to Earth Can Experience Seismic Activity | Universe Today 2010
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And just as every porter wants to have an admirer, so even the proudest of men, the philosopher, supposes that he sees on all sides the eyes of the universe telescopically focused upon his action and thought.
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And just as every porter wants to have an admirer, so even the proudest of men, the philosopher, supposes that he sees on all sides the eyes of the universe telescopically focused upon his action and thought.
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But had he been in that building (its smoothly telescoping collapse in itself a sight of some beauty, like the color-enhanced stellar blooms of telescopically photographed supernovae, yet as quick as the toss of a scarf) — had he been in that building, would the weight of concrete and metal have been an ounce less, or hesitated a microsecond in its crushing, mincing, vaporizing descent?
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But had he been in that building (its smoothly telescoping collapse in itself a sight of some beauty, like the color-enhanced stellar blooms of telescopically photographed supernovae, yet as quick as the toss of a scarf) — had he been in that building, would the weight of concrete and metal have been an ounce less, or hesitated a microsecond in its crushing, mincing, vaporizing descent?
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