Synonyms for telescoped
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : tel-uh-skohp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛl əˌskoʊp |
Top 10 synonyms for telescoped Other synonyms for the word telescoped
- abridge
- abstract
- bind
- blue pencil
- boil down
- boiled down
- chop
- coagulate
- cockle
- compact
- complete
- concentrate
- consolidate
- contract
- corrugate
- cramp
- crashed
- crisp
- crowd
- crumple
- crush
- cut
- cut down
- decoct
- decrease
- dehydrate
- densen
- densify
- digest
- dog-ear
- double
- double over
- edit
- encapsulate
- entire
- epitomize
- evaporated
- force into space
- furrow
- gather
- groove
- hem
- intertwine
- inventory
- knit
- lap
- lusty
- make brief
- narrow
- overlap
- overlay
- pack
- plait
- pleat
- plicate
- potent
- precipitate
- précis
- press
- press together
- pucker
- purse
- put in a nutshell
- ram
- reduce
- replicate
- restrict
- rich
- ridge
- robust
- ruche
- ruck
- ruffle
- shorten
- shrink
- shrivel
- snip
- solidify
- squash
- squeeze
- straight
- strong
- stuff
- stuffed
- sum
- summarize
- summate
- syncopate
- synopsize
- telescope
- telescoped
- thick
- thicken
- thickened
- tighten
- total
- trim
- tuck
- turn under
- unadulterated
- undiffused
- undiluted
- undivided
- unmingled
- unmixed
- wedge
- whole
- wrap
- wrinkle
Définition of telescoped
Origin :- 1640s, from Italian telescopio (used by Galileo, 1611), and Modern Latin telescopium (used by Kepler, 1613), both from Greek teleskopos "far-seeing," from tele- "far" (see tele-) + -skopos "seeing" (see -scope). Said to have been coined by Prince Cesi, founder and head of the Roman Academy of the Lincei (Galileo was a member). Used in English in Latin form from 1619.
- As in concentrated : adj condensed, reduced
- As in compress : verb compact, condense
- As in condense : verb abridge
- As in fold : verb lay in creases
- It is true that this process may be telescoped through the operation of the word-habit.
- Extract from : « The Analysis of Mind » by Bertrand Russell
- "Lima" Bean's ribs were telescoped, and there wasn't a good shin in the house.
- Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
- The train was telescoped, and many passengers were terribly hurt.
- Extract from : « The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6 » by Augustus J. C. Hare
- What they stand for is telescoped, as it were, into what they are.
- Extract from : « Essays in Experimental Logic » by John Dewey
- In some instances the cartilage is “telescoped” into the crushed end of the bone.
- Extract from : « Scurvy Past and Present » by Alfred Fabian Hess
- So Browning's characters all have the Browning abundance of telescoped metaphor.
- Extract from : « The Critical Game » by John Albert Macy
- Time had telescoped and he was back again in the early eighties.
- Extract from : « The Lost Valley » by J. M. Walsh
- His silk hat had been telescoped in the process of smacking a Frenchman's eye.
- Extract from : « The Three Black Pennys » by Joseph Hergesheimer
- Suppose two such globes of energy, covered with dust, were to be telescoped or attached together, would you marvel at the fact?
- Extract from : « Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. » by John Uri Lloyd
- A narrow planking ran along each side of the telescoped boxes, and upon these frail foundations we stood to view the sluicing.
- Extract from : « Alaska » by Ella Higginson
Antonyms for telescoped
- achieve
- add
- allow
- amplify
- blow up
- develop
- diffuse
- diluted
- disperse
- divide
- enlarge
- expand
- extend
- fill
- flatten
- free
- grow
- incomplete
- increase
- leave
- lengthen
- let go
- let out
- loose
- loosen
- open
- raise
- release
- separate
- smooth
- straighten
- strengthen
- stretch
- succeed
- thin
- unbend
- uncompress
- uncondense
- unfinished
- untie
- unwrinkle
- weak
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