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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