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 Translation for 'telescopic' from English to French
ADJ   telescopic | more telescopic | most telescopic
télescopique {adj}telescopic
armesoptique
lunette {f} [d'un fusil]
telescopic sight
armes
fusil {m} à lunette
rifle with telescopic sight
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Usage Examples English
  • Gasholders may be either single or telescopic in two or more lifts.
  • "The Aud" was also one of the first stadiums to have telescopic seats.
  • The Carl Zeiss Optronics (previously branded as Hensoldt) telescopic sight has a mil-dot reticle and a scale that enables the operator to see the dialled in elevation setting through the rifle scopes ocular.
  • The R nineT version of the bike has upside-down (USD) telescopic forks rather than BMW's usual Telelever front suspension. The other versions have conventional telescopic forks.
  • Häyhä preferred iron sights over telescopic sights, as they enable a sniper to present a smaller target for the enemy (a sniper must raise his head a few centimetres higher when using a telescopic sight), and can be relied on even in extreme cold, unlike telescopic sights which tend to cloud up in cold weather.

  • Two types of Mark III sniper rifles are identified by different telescopic sights.
  • The horizontals can also be fixed or telescopic. Fixed horizontal supports range from 1’ to 10’, whereas a telescopic drape support, also known as a slider, can range from 2’-3’ to 9’-16’.
  • In Canadian service, the standard telescopic sight was the McMillan endorsed Leupold Mark 4 16x40mm LR/T M1 Riflescope optical sight that has now been replaced by the Schmidt & Bender 5-25×56 PMII telescopic sight.
  • Scott produced a motorcycle with telescopic forks in 1908, [...] and would continue to use them on some models until 1931.
  • In 2014 a telescopic urinal shot up out of the ground due to a gas explosion, injuring the nearby system manager; usage of telescopic urinals was halted for a while, and then resumed.

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