TELEPHOTO

telephotograph, telephoto

(noun) a photograph made with a telephoto lens

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

telephoto (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to a lens system used to produce an enlarged image of a distant object.

Noun

telephoto (plural telephotos)

A photograph taken through a telephoto lens.

Source: Wiktionary


Tel`e*pho"to, a.

Definition: Telephotographic; specif., designating a lens consisting of a combination of lenses specially designed to give a large image of a distant object in a camera of relatively short focal length.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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DIRECTIONALITY

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