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telephotography
CIDE DICTIONARY
telephotography, n.
- 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Less properly, phototelegraphy. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
telephotography, n. the photographing of distant objects with a system of lenses giving a large image.
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