telescoping
telescoping · telescopings
The act of extending or contracting in the manner of a telescopeThe act of extending or contracting in the manner of a telescope.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of extending or contracting in the manner of a telescope.
(countable, uncountable)Extending limited data to make up for gaps
(countable, uncountable)A telescopic action.
intermediate stages of telescoping of the parts together
(countable, uncountable)The temporal displacement of an event in which people perceive recent events as being more remote than they are and distant events as being more recent than they are.
The telescoping effect is divided into backward telescoping and forward telescoping.
Forms
plural: telescopings| Singular | telescoping |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable