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telescoped

verb

Meaning

  1. To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope.
  2. To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass.
  3. To come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another.

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Sources

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