telephotography
[ tel-uh-fuh-tog-ruh-fee ]
/ ˌtɛl ə fəˈtɒg rə fi /
noun
photography of distant objects, using a telephoto lens.
Origin of telephotography
First recorded in 1880–85;
tele-1 +
photography
OTHER WORDS FROM telephotography
tel·e·pho·to·graph·ic [tel-uh-foh-tuh-graf-ik] /ˌtɛl əˌfoʊ təˈgræf ɪk/, adjectiveWords nearby telephotography
telephonist,
telephony,
telephoto,
telephoto lens,
telephotograph,
telephotography,
telephotometer,
teleplasm,
teleplay,
telepoint,
teleport
Example sentences from the Web for telephotography
In astronomical observations, for instance, they employ a system of telephotography.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol IV. |Editors: Arthur Mee and J.A. HammertonTelephotography was the simplest problem—the others required an almost superhuman amount of labor.
The Chamber of Life |Green Peyton Wertenbaker
British Dictionary definitions for telephotography
telephotography
/ (ˌtɛlɪfəˈtɒɡrəfɪ) /
noun
the process or technique of photographing distant objects using a telephoto lens