Associations to the word «Telephoto»

Wiktionary

TELEPHOTO, adjective. Of or pertaining to a lens system used to produce an enlarged image of a distant object.
TELEPHOTO, noun. A photograph taken through a telephoto lens.
TELEPHOTO LENS, noun. (photography) A lens having a long focal length which produces a magnified view of distant objects.
TELEPHOTO LENS, noun. (photography) A lens which produces a magnified view of distant objects and which is sufficiently compact to have a physical length shorter than its focal length (as distinct from a long-focus lens).
TELEPHOTO LENSES, noun. Plural of telephoto lens

Dictionary definition

TELEPHOTO, noun. A photograph made with a telephoto lens.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats