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  noun

  a facsimile of a photograph transmitted electronically via a telephone system

Wirephoto

American  

[wahyuhr-foh-toh] / ˈwaɪərˌfoʊ toʊ /

Trademark.

Wirephotos plural

1. 1. a device for transmitting photographs over distances by wire.

   2. a photograph so transmitted.

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verb (used with object)

Wirephotoed, Wirephotoing

1. (lowercase) to transmit (a photograph) by means of a Wirephoto.

wirephoto British  

/ ˈwaɪəˌfəʊtəʊ /

noun

1. a facsimile of a photograph transmitted electronically via a telephone system

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Example Sentences

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Last week International and Acme were giving Wirephoto as hot a race as they could by airplane delivery, watching it with an eye to joining in a competitive wire operation if necessary.

From Time Magazine Archive

Any of A. P.'s 1,200 members is eligible for Wirephoto, simply by sharing the cost.

From Time Magazine Archive

After his first big splash in California, Snead saw his picture, a Wirephoto, in the New York Times.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dullest Wirephoto of the week: the Capitol dome frosted with snow.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though the Examiner had no Associated Press Wirephoto Service, more than once it ran what looked like exact duplicates of Times Wirephotos of deaths & disasters.

From Time Magazine Archive

As recently as 1959, when a typhoon smashed the industrial city of Nagoya, leaving telephone and wirephoto services dead, the Nagoya Chubu Nippon used its 200 birds to rush negatives from inundated suburbs.

From Time Magazine Archive

The wirephoto machine does not have the same capability, so the Enquirer and, no doubt, dozens of other papers, had to set some of their stories manually.

From Time Magazine Archive

One slip was made inadvertently over the Associated Press wirephoto talker system.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were messages of congratulation from home, an autographed wirephoto from his wife, his back pay, summer khaki uniforms to replace his worn clothing, good food, and the stirring atmosphere of a U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

These images were now rapidly available thanks to wirephoto services, which had debuted in Life in the month that Pollard, Howard, and Smith formed their partnership.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand