different between retractable vs telescopic

English

Etymology

retract +? -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?t?ækt?b?l/, /???t?ækt?b?l/

Adjective

retractable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being retracted; retractile.

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See also

• pull-down

Noun

retractable (plural retractables)

1. A retractable pen.

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