Tel⋅e⋅pho⋅to
/ˈtɛl
əˌfoʊtoʊ/ 
Show Spelled Pronunciation [tel-uh-foh-toh] Show IPA Trademark. | 1. | a brand of apparatus for electrical transmission of photographs. |
| 2. | a photograph transmitted by this apparatus. |
tel·e·pho·to (těl'ə-fō'tō)
adj. Of or relating to a photographic lens or lens system used to produce a large image of a distant object. Of or relating to an instrument that electrically transmits photographs.
n.
pl. tel·e·pho·tos
A telephoto lens. A photograph made with a telephoto lens; a telephotograph.
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Word Origin & History
telephoto
1898, shortened form of
telephotographic (1892), from
tele- +
photographic.
