Teleozoön
Te‐le‐o‐zo″ön (?), n.(Zoöl.) A metazoan.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Telepathy
Te‐lep″a‐thy (?), n. The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels o...
Telepheme
Tel″e‐pheme (?), n. A message by a telephone.
Telephone
Tel″e‐phone (?), n.(Physics) An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.☞ The ordinary telephone consists essentially of a device by which...
Telephone (2)
Tel″e‐phone, v. t. To convey or announce by telephone.
Telephone exchange
Tel′e‐phone ex‐change″. A central office in which the wires of telephones may be connected to permit conversation.
Telephonic
Tel′e‐phon″ic (?), a. [Cf. F. téléphonique. See Telephone.] 1. Conveying sound to a great distance.2. Of or pertaining to the telephone; by the telephone.
Telephonically
Tel′e‐phon″ic‐al‐ly (?), adv. By telephonic means or processes; by the use of the telephone.
Telephony
Te‐leph″o‐ny (?), n. The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone.
Telephote
Tel″e‐phote (?), n. [Gr. τη̑λε far + φω̑σ, φωτόσ, light.] A telelectric apparatus for producing images of visible objects at a distance.
Telephoto
Tel′e‐pho″to (?), a. Telephotographic; specif., designating a lens consisting of a combination of lenses specially designed to give a large image of a distant object in a camera...
Telephotograph
Tel′e‐pho″to‐graph (?), n. [Gr. τη̑λε far + photograph.] A photograph, image, or impression, reproduced by or taken with a telephotographic apparatus.
Telephotographic
Tel′e‐pho′to‐graph″ic (?), a. Designating, or pertaining to, the process of telephotography.
Telephotography
Tel′e‐pho‐tog″ra‐phy (?), n. 1. The photography of distant objects in more enlarged form than is possible by the ordinary means, usually by a camera provided with a telephoto le...
Telepolariscope
Tel′e‐po‐lar″i‐scope (?), n. [Gr. � far off + E. polariscope.] (Opt.) A polariscope arranged to be attached to a telescope. Lockyer.
Telerythin
Tel′e‐ryth″in (?), n. [Gr. � end + E. erythrin.] (Chem.) A red crystalline compound related to, or produced from, erythrin. So called because regarded as the end of the series o...
Telescope
Tel″e‐scope (?), n. [Gr. � viewing afar, farseeing; � far, far off + � a watcher, akin to � to view: cf. F. télescope. See Telegraph, and -scope.] An optical instrument used in ...
Telescope (2)
Tel″e‐scope (?), a. [imp. & p. p.Telescoped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Telescoping (?).] To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or s...
Telescope (3)
Tel″e‐scope, v. t. To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope.
Telescope (4)
Tel″e‐scope (tĕl″ē̍‐skōp), a. Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of joints or parts one within the other; telescopic; as, a telescope bag; ...
Telescope bag
Telescope bag. An adjustable traveling bag consisting of two cases, the larger slipping over the other.
Telescopic
{ Tel′e‐scop″ic (?), Tel′e‐scop″ic‐al (?), } a. [Cf. F. télescopique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope.2. Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; ...
Telescopic sight
Tel′e‐scop″ic sight′. A sight consisting of a small telescope, as on a compass or rifle.
Telescopically
Tel′e‐scop″ic‐al‐ly, adv. In a telescopical manner; by or with the telescope.
Telescopist
Te‐les″co‐pist (?), n. One who uses a telescope. R. A. Proctor.
Telescopy
Te‐les″co‐py (?), n. The art or practice of using or making telescopes.
Teleseism
Tel″e‐seism (?), n. [Gr. τη̑λε far + � shock.] A seismic movement or shock far from the recording instrument. — Tel′e‐seis″mic (#), a.