Telephoto Definition
tĕlə-fōtō
telephotos
adjective
Designating or of a camera lens for photographing or filming distant objects so as to produce a larger image.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to an instrument that electrically transmits photographs.
American Heritage
noun
A telephoto lens.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
A photograph made with a telephoto lens; a telephotograph.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Telephoto
Noun
Singular:
telephoto
Plural:
telephotosOrigin of Telephoto
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tele-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (tele, “at a distance") + a shortening of photograph
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