telephotograph

[ tel-uh-foh-tuh-graf, -grahf ]

noun

1. a photograph taken with a telephoto lens.

Word History and Origins

Origin of telephotograph¹

First recorded in 1880–85; tele- ¹ + photograph

Example Sentences

Not even the news-gatherers could reach it; not even the all-seeing eye of the telephotograph emblazoned to the world its secrets.

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