different between periscope vs telescopic

English

Etymology

From peri- +? -scope.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p???sk??p/

Noun

periscope (plural periscopes)

1. A form of viewing device that allows the viewer to see things at a different height level and usually with minimal visibility.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV

     The waters grew suddenly lighter, and my spirits rose accordingly. I shouted down to those below that I saw daylight ahead, and a great shout of thanksgiving reverberated through the ship. A moment later we emerged into sunlit water, and immediately I raised the periscope and looked about me upon the strangest landscape I had ever seen.

2. (obsolete): A general or comprehensive view.

Related terms

• periscopic
• periscopically

Translations

Verb

periscope (third-person singular simple present periscopes, present participle periscoping, simple past and past participle periscoped)

1. (intransitive) To rise and peer around, in the manner of a periscope.
   • 1951, National Geographic Magazine: Volume 99,

     Thousands of ungainly black-beaked heads would periscope and freeze in the direction of the approaching intruder.

   • 1987, Field & Stream March 1987,

     The second summer I had a great deal of interest but weeks passed before I worked up the nerve to approach her, the confidence finally gained when I caught a queen snake that periscoped within reach, one of the last I ever saw swimming in Cross Creek.

   • 2008, Doug Stamm, The Springs of Florida page 99

     Areas of barren sand are likely spots to look for its [the turtle's] periscoping head. Its fondness for the bottom is equally matched by its ability to quickly disappear and tunnel into it.

   • 2010, Jim Moran, The Sentinel: A Wildfire Story page 236

     Her black and white head suddenly popped out from under the covers and periscoped around.

2. (transitive or intransitive, Internet) To broadcast live video stream using Periscope app via phone or tablet.

Anagrams

• pericopes

English

Etymology

From tele- +? -scopic, after telescope.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?l??sk?p?k/
• Rhymes: -?p?k

Adjective

telescopic (comparative more telescopic, superlative most telescopic)

1. Pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope. [from 17th c.]
   • 2015, David Wootton, The Invention of Science, Penguin 2016, p. 197:

     Within a year or two of Galileo's telescopic discoveries no one disputed that the moon had mountains, Jupiter had moons, Venus had phases and the sun had spots […].

2. (chiefly astronomy) Seen by means of a telescope; only visible through a telescope. [from 17th c.]

   telescopic stars

3. Capable of seeing distant objects; far-seeing. [from 18th c.]
4. Able to be extended or retracted by the use of parts that slide over one another. [from 19th c.]

5. Referring to parts being extended or retracted along coinciding axes (with or without direct contact between the parts). [from 20th c.]

Derived terms

Related terms

• telescope
• microscopic
• macroscopic

Translations

See also

• naked-eye

Romanian

Etymology

From French télescopique

Adjective

telescopic m or n (feminine singular telescopic?, masculine plural telescopici, feminine and neuter plural telescopice)

1. telescopic

Declension