telescoping

== English == === Verb === telescoping present participle and gerund of telescope === Adjective === telescoping (not comparable) Synonym of telescopable. === Noun === telescoping (countable and uncountable, plural telescopings) The act of extending or contracting in the manner of a telescope. Extending limited data to make up for gaps A telescopic action. intermediate stages of telescoping of the parts together (psychology) The temporal displacement of an event in which people perceive recent events as being more remote than they are and distant events as being more recent than they are.