telescopic

Questions about telescopic

What does telescopic mean?

telescopic means "visible only with a telescope". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in telescopic?

telescopic has 4 syllables: tel-e-sco-pic. The stress falls on "sco". In IPA it is /ˌtɛləˈskɔpɪk/.

Is telescopic a common word?

telescopic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for telescopic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.