n. 1. The photography of distant objects in more enlarged form than is possible by the ordinary means, usually by a camera provided with a telephoto lens or mounted in place of the eyepiece of a telescope, so that the real or a magnified image falls on the sensitive plate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 2. Art or process of electrically transmitting and reproducing photographic or other pictures at a distance, especially by methods similar to those used in electric telegraphy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 3. Less properly, phototelegraphy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] | 