telescopical
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɒpɪkəl
Adjective
[edit]telescopical (not comparable)
- Alternative form of telescopic
- 1674, Robert Hooke, Animadversions on the Firſt Part of the Machina Coelestis of the […] Aſtronomer Johannes Hevelius […] [1], page 43:
- […] I can do more with a Quadrant, Sextant or Octant, of 1 foot Radius, furniſhed with Teleſcopical Sights and Screws, then [sic] can poſſibly be done with any other Inſtrument, furniſhed only with Common Sights, though 10, 20, 30, nay threeſcore foot Radius; […]