telephotography
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Noun (2)
- transmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and pictures over a distanceType of transmission, transmittalKinds radiophotography
- photography using a telephoto lensType of photography, picture taking
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Tel′e·pho·tog′ra·phy noun
1. The photography of distant objects in more enlarged form than is possible by the ordinary means, usually by a camera provided with a telephoto lens or mounted in place of the eyepiece of a telescope, so that the real or a magnified image falls on the sensitive plate.
2. Art or process of electrically transmitting and reproducing photographic or other pictures at a distance, especially by methods similar to those used in electric telegraphy.
3. Less properly, phototelegraphy.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement