Teleology, tel-e-ol′ō-ji, n. the doctrine of the final causes of things.—adjs. Teleolog′ic, -al.—adv. Teleolog′ically.—ns. Teleol′ogism; Teleol′ogist. [Gr. telos, issue, logos, a discourse.]
Teleosaurus, tē-lē-ō-sawr′us, n. a genus of fossil saurians belonging to the Oolitic period.—adj. and n. Teleosau′rian. [Gr. teleios, perfect, sauros, a lizard.]
Teleost, tel′ē-ost, adj. osseous.—n. an osseous fish—also Teleos′tean. [Gr. teleios, complete, osteon, bone.]
Telepathy, tel′ē-path-i, or tē-lep′a-thi, n. the supposed fact that communication is possible between mind and mind otherwise than through the known channels of the senses, as at a distance without external means.—adj. Telepath′ic.—adv. Telepath′ically.—v.t. Tel′epathise, to affect or act upon through telepathy.—v.i. to practise telepathy.—n. Tel′epathist (or te-lep′-), one who believes in telepathy. [Gr. tēle, far, pathos, feeling.]
Telepheme, tel′ē-fēm, n. a telephonic message. [Gr. tēle, far, phēmē, a saying.]
Telephone, tel′e-fōn, n. an instrument for reproducing sound at a distance over a conducting wire or cord, esp. by means of electricity.—v.t. and v.i. to communicate by telephone.—n. Tel′ephōner, one who uses a telephone.—adj. Telephon′ic.—adv. Telephon′ically.—ns. Tel′ephōnist, one who uses the telephone, one skilled in its use; Telephō′nograph, an apparatus for recording a telephone message.—adj. Telephonograph′ic.—n. Tel′ephony, the art of telephoning. [Gr. tēle, far, phōnē, a sound.]
Telephote, tel′ē-fōt, n. an instrument for reproducing images of objects at a distance by means of electricity.—ns. Telephō′tograph, a picture so produced; Telephotog′raphy, the art of producing such—still a dream of the future. [Gr. tēle, far, phōs, phōtos, light.]
Teleplastic, tel-ē-plas′tik, adj. pertaining to the materialisation of spiritualistic phenomena.—Also Telesomat′ic. [Gr. tēle, far, plassein, to form.]
Telerpeton, tē-lėr′pe-ton, n. a remarkable genus of fossil reptiles of the Mesozoic period. [Gr. tēle, far, herpeton, a reptile.]
Telescope, tel′e-skōp, n. an optical instrument for viewing objects at a distance.—v.t. to drive together so that one thing, as a railway-carriage in a collision, slides into another like the movable joints of a spyglass.—v.i. to be forced into each other in such a way.—adjs. Telescop′ic, -al, pertaining to, performed by, or like a telescope: seen only by a telescope.—adv. Telescop′ically.—adj. Tel′escopiform.—ns. Tel′escopist, one who uses the telescope; Tel′escopy (or tē-les′-), the art of constructing or of using the telescope. [Fr.,—Gr. tēle, at a distance, skopein, to see.]