1) Short 2) Shortened 1) Short 
• (imp. & p. p.) of Telescope
[adj] - shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another
Term given when the winding of a coil gradually becomes concave or convex.
adjective shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; `a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars`; `years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream`