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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
Photography of distant subjects using a telephoto lens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The transmission of images over a distance, especially by facsimile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, uncountable
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noun
photography using a telephoto lens
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: photography, picture taking
noun
transmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and pictures over a distance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: transmission, transmittal, transmitting
Narrower terms: radiophotography
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- Proto-Indo-European *bheh2- Proto-Indo-European *bhéh2os Proto-Hellenic *pháwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) French photographiebor. English photography English telephotography From tele- + photography.
