τηλεσκοπικός

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French télescopique or English telescopic.[1] By surface analysis, τηλεσκόπιο (tileskópio) + -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ti.le.sko.piˈkos/
  • Hyphenation: τη‧λε‧σκο‧πι‧κός

Adjective

τηλεσκοπικός • (tileskopikós) m (feminine τηλεσκοπική, neuter τηλεσκοπικό)

  1. telescopic (pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope)
  2. telescopic (seen by means of a telescope; only visible through a telescope)
  3. telescopic (able to be extended or retracted by the use of parts that slide over one another)

Declension

References

  1. τηλεσκοπικός - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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