Tel"e*scope (tl"*skp), 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 table, etc.
Telescope bag. An adjustable traveling bag consisting of two cases, the larger slipping over the other.
Tel`e*scop"ic sight`. A sight consisting of a small telescope, as on a compass or rifle.
Tel"e*seism (?), n. [Gr. th^le far + &?; shock.] A seismic movement or shock far from the recording instrument. -- Tel`e*seis"mic (#), a.
Tel"e*seme (?), n. [Gr. th^le far + &?; sign.] A system of apparatus for electric signals providing for automatic transmission of a definite number of different signals or calls, as in connection with hotel annunciators.
Tel`e*ste"re*o*graph` (?), n. [Gr. th^le far + stereograph.] An instrument for telegraphically reproducing a photograph. -- Tel`e*ste`re*og"ra*phy (#), n.
Tel`e*ther"mo*graph (?), n. [Gr. th^le far + thermo- + -graph.] (Physics) (a) A record of fluctuations of temperature made automatically at a distant station. (b) An instrument, usually electrical, making such records.
Tel"ford (?), a. [After Thomas Telford, a Scotch road engineer.] Designating, or pert. to, a road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly, in the interstices; as, telford pavement, road, etc.
Tel"ford*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Telfordized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Telfordizing (?).] To furnish (a road) with a telford pavement.
Tel`har*mon"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to telharmonium.
Tel`har*mo"ni*um (?), n. [Gr. th^le far + harmolium.] An instrument for producing music (Tel*har"mo*ny [&?;]), at a distant point or points by means of alternating currents of electricity controlled by an operator who plays on a keyboard. The music is produced by a receiving instrument similar or analogous to the telephone, but not held to the ear. The pitch corresponds with frequency of alternation of current.
Tell"tale`, n. 1. A thing that serves to disclose something or give information; a hint or indication.
It supplies many useful links and telltales.
Saintsbury.
2. (Railroads) An arrangement consisting of long strips, as of rope, wire, or leather, hanging from a bar over railroad tracks, in such a position as to warn freight brakemen of their approach to a low overhead bridge.
Tel"pher (?), n. (Elec.) Specif., the equipment or apparatus used in a system of electric transportation by means of carriages which are suspended on an overhead conductor, as of wire.
Tel"pher*age (?), n. (Elec.) Specif., electric transportation of goods by means of carriages suspended on overhead conductors, as of wire, the power being conveyed to the motor carriage by the wires on which it runs. Telpherage and telpher are sometimes applied to such systems in which the motive power is not electricity.
||Tem*blor" (?), n. [Sp.] An earthquake. [Western U. S.]
||Tem"pe*ra (?), n. [It.] (Paint.) A mode or process of painting; distemper.
Tem"per*a*ture, n. (Physiol. & Med.) The degree of heat of the body of a living being, esp. of the human body; also (Colloq.), loosely, the excess of this over the normal (of the human body 98°-99.5° F., in the mouth of an adult about 98.4°).
Tem"per screw. 1. A screw link, to which is attached the rope of a rope-drilling apparatus, for feeding and slightly turning the drill jar at each stroke.