TELEPHOTOGRAPH

telephotograph, telephoto

(noun) a photograph made with a telephoto lens

telephotograph

(noun) a photograph transmitted and reproduced over a distance

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

telephotograph (plural telephotographs)

A photograph taken with a telephoto lens.

(dated) A photograph transmitted by wire.

Verb

telephotograph (third-person singular simple present telephotographs, present participle telephotographing, simple past and past participle telephotographed)

(transitive) To photograph with a telephoto lens.

Anagrams

• phototelegraph

Source: Wiktionary


Tel`e*pho"to*graph, n. [Gr. th e far + photograph.]

Definition: A photograph, image, or impression, reproduced by or taken with a telephotographic apparatus.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ENDLESSLY

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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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