telephoto
1 Americanadjective
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a brand of apparatus for electrical transmission of photographs.
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a photograph transmitted by this apparatus.
Etymology
Origin of telephoto
1890–95; short for telephotographic; telephotograph, -ic
Example Sentences
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It’s hard to imagine a riskier trek, but he managed to pull it off, traveling through cities and towns with a telephoto lens.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
Sometimes she was using a short lens when she should have been using a telephoto lens and vice versa.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024
As I didn't want to risk disturbing the potoo into flight, I photographed it with a long telephoto lens.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2023
There are new telephoto and ultrawide lenses with more megapixels than in last year’s Pro sensors, and the company is planning to tout the enhancements as the premier additions in this year’s phones.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2023
I checked the woods for telephoto lens flare and didn’t see any.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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