单词 | telescoping |
释义 | telescopingn. The action of telescope v.; spec. compression, conflation. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [noun] > folding up or rolling up rolling up1601 furdling1658 telescoping1844 1844 F. Chamier Mysterious Man I. ix. 183 The telescoping of the flute, in and out, till it was up to pitch. 1872 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 20 Apr. 493/1 Telescoping..is caused by the infirm, imperfect, means used in coupling cars. Under the old method of coupling, when two cars are brought forcibly together,..the platform of one of the cars coming together is inevitably broken, and the car raised up and sent through the advancing car, after the manner of a closing telescope. 1890 Nature 11 Sept. 473/1 The telescoping of the limbs and other organs within the body of an insect larva. 1937 ‘M. Innes’ Hamlet, Revenge! i. ii. 42 Clay's picture of Pepys as Hamlet was..something extraordinary... He had..been examined both in Shakespeare's Hamlet and Pepys's Diaries. But this sudden telescoping was beyond him. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 85/2 The very name ‘Wurlitzer’, with its telescoping of ‘waltz’ and ‘whirl’, conveys the idea of vertigo. 2003 T. Cole Holocaust City v. 101 A telescoping of the timescale within which ghettoization was to be completed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). telescopingadj. That extends or collapses lengthways in the manner of the sliding tubes of an extendable hand-held telescope. Cf. telescope v. 3b, telescopic adj. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > folded up or rolled up > able to be voluble1662 roll-up1748 turn-up1767 shut-up1799 collapsible1843 telescoping1873 collapsing1884 packaway1892 foldaway1960 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > able to be adjusted in length telescopic1818 telescoping1873 1873 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 105 126 The pulses..are brought to opposition of phase..by means of the glass telescoping tube. 1882 Standard 2 Aug. 3/5 [He] had a telescoping rod in his hand. 1959 N.Y. Times 15 Feb. i. 18/7 United Air Lines has ordered nine telescoping passageways for installation this summer. 2007 J. Ferris And then we came to End i. iii. 137 Two cans of white house paint, a deep-well roller tray, two roller heads, and a telescoping extension pole. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844adj.1873 |
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