Definition of telescoping:
(n) :
The act of extending or contracting in the manner of a telescope.
(n) :
A telescopic action.
(n) :
(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.
(n) :
Extending limited data to make up for gaps
(adj) :
Synonym of telescopable.