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Meanings of telescoping in English

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Movement of one part sliding out from another, lengthening an object, or quality of a mechanism that performs such a movement.

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Usage of telescoping in English
1
It had small telescoping arms that were normally stowed in its side.
Book Three: The Final Exodus
2
Its telescoping aluminum shaft puts distance between your feet and the pack.
Wired
3
He said the trailer being used was called a telescoping low-bed.
The new yorker
4
Hainey extended the telescoping tube and held it up to his right eye.
Clementine
5
Did they have the reach needed to extend the telescoping segments?
Packing for mars: the curious science of life in the void
6
He shuffled across the bench, pulling the telescoping pole behind him.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
7
He adjusted his telescoping walking stick and waited for my answer.
The cactus eaters: how I lost my mind-and almost found myself-on...
8
One of the telescoping metal struts had white letters on it.
Edge of Infinity
9
It's on a goddamn telescoping wand almost half a metre long.
The Atrocity Archives
10
As the team crawled down a telescoping access trunk, Dowornobb gawked through a window.
Genellan: planetfall
11
His metal cane was in reality an extension rod, not unlike a telescoping fishing-rod.
The Secret Wireless; Or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol
12
Gasholder Gasometer - Storage container for fuel gas, especially a large, telescoping, cylindrical tank.
Things To Make
13
Also great for catching food, a telescoping fishing rod.
Wired
14
Gray had also used a set of telescoping lenses to peer discreetly through several windows.
Map of bones
15
Loemer's bubble seat slid out along its telescoping rails.
The Neutronium Alchemist
16
Read unclipped a telescoping rod from his vest pocket.
The Green Beret
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