phototelegraphyn.
/ˌfəʊtəʊtᵻˈlɛɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdoʊtəˈlɛɡrəfi/ Telecommunications. Now chiefly historical.
The telegraphic transmission of pictures; spec. facsimile telegraphy in which variations of tone are preserved.
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society > communication > telecommunication > communication of visual images > [noun]
facsimile1877
telephotography1880
phototelegraphy1886
telephoty1889
picture telegraphy1896
telechirograph1903
telautography1905
radiophotography1915
telephoto1923
wirephoto1923
telefacsimile1940
telefax1941
fax1946
faxing1982
1886 W. Gemmill Brit. Patent 4841/1885 6 The system of photo-telegraphy opens up an entirely new field in telegraphy, namely, the actual reproduction of photographs through the medium of electrically conducting wires.
1930 Post Office Electr. Engineers' Jrnl. 23 1/2 British newspapers using photo-telegraphy transmit to and from London and their provincial offices using ‘Four-Wire’ telephone circuits.
1976 R. N. Renton Telegraphy iv. 60/1 Telephone circuits are used as the ‘bearer’ circuits for multiplex telegraph systems and for phototelegraphy.
1980 Proc. SID 21 171/1 With this method, high-fidelity high-quality gray-scale recording can be used in applications such as facsimile for phototelegraphy.
1995 N. Negroponte Being Digital (1996) xv. 190 Photo-telegraphy allowed any writing, signature or illustration to be sent far away.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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