telephoto

n. 1. a telephoto lens. [ PJC ]

2. a photograph taken using a telephoto lens. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. th^le far + photograph. ] a photograph transmitted and reproduced by telephotography. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a photograph made with a telephoto lens.
Syn. -- telephoto. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Designating, or pertaining to, the process of telephotography. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. Less properly, phototelegraphy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]