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TELEPHOTOGRAPHY
TELEPHOTOGRAPHY
Tel
`e *
pho
*
tog
"
ra
*phy, 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.
2.
Art
or
process
of
electrically
transmitting
and
reproducing
photographic
or
other
pictures
at
a
distance
by
methods
similar
to
those
used
in
electric
telegraphy.
3.
Less
properly,
phototelegraphy.
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