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telephoto lens

noun

Photography.
  1. a lens constructed so as to produce a relatively large image with a focal length shorter than that required by an ordinary lens producing an image of the same size: used to photograph small or distant objects.

telephoto lens

/ ˈɛɪˌəʊəʊ /

noun

  1. a compound camera lens in which the focal length is greater than that of a simple lens of the same dimensions and thus produces a magnified image of a distant object See also zoom lens
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of telephoto lens1

First recorded in 1940–45
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