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Telephotography

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(1):

(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.

(2):

(n.) Less properly, phototelegraphy.

(3):

(n.) Art or process of electrically transmitting and reproducing photographic or other pictures at a distance by methods similar to those used in electric telegraphy.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Telephotography'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/telephotography.html. 1828.
 
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