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v. Simple past tense and past participle of telescope.

adj. shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another

"How Flashman came to be within earshot of Pulleine and have a view of Durnford, whose retreat had begun some miles away, one can only guess; no doubt he moved at his customary high speed, and it is likely that in his recollection of his panic-stricken confusion he has unwittingly "telescoped" events and time."

telescoped    telescopes    telescoping   

squeeze    squelch    crush    squash    mash   

dumb telescope    horizontal telescope    dialytic telescope    keplerian telescope    magnifying power of a telescope   

telescoped    telescoping   

telescopic    tube    reflector    refractor    glass   

microscope    camera    lens    instrument    laser