单词 | telephote |
释义 | telephoten. 1. Any of various (proposed) devices designed to transmit and reproduce images over a distance by converting light into electrical signals. Cf. telelectroscope n. at tele- comb. form 1a. Now historical and rare. ΚΠ 1878 Weekly Arizona Miner 22 Feb. The new invention is called the ‘telephot’, ‘telephos’, or some such name. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 886/1 Telephote, an instrument or apparatus for conveying messages or images by transmission of light. 1948 S. Kempner Television Encycl. 361/1 Quite a number of telephots have been imagined, described, and patented. Few, however, actually appeared. 2013 S. R. Wilk How Ray Gun got its Zap xlv. 245 In 1880 John Perry and Edward Ayrton..suggested how a telephote might be made to work. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > flashing signal flashing signals1858 flashlight1886 telephote1893 flasher1909 1893 Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 10 Apr. 249 Seventy-two letters a minute can be shown on the telephote, the signals being clearly visible at a distance of three miles. 1912 Mining & Sci. Press 7 Oct. 232/3 A new apparatus termed the telephote intended for signalling at sea by night has been brought out by an engineer resident at Vienna. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > communication of visual images > [noun] > apparatus for telectrograph1857 telelectrograph1857 telectroscope1878 telelectroscope1879 telephotograph1880 telautographa1884 telephote1896 phototelegraph1907 telewriter1907 telecopier1966 fax1983 1896 Cycl. Rev. Current Hist. (U.S.) 6 950 A ‘telephot’..invented by Dr. Robert d'Unger, of Chicago, Ill. [for picture telegraphy]. 4. Any of various models of camera invented or developed by Auguste Vautier-Dufour in which a system of interior mirrors allows for the use of a lens with a longer focal length than would otherwise be practical. Also with postmodifying word indicating a particular model of camera. Now rare and historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > [noun] > general types of box camera1828 daguerreotype1839 view camera1851 pistolgraph1859 pinhole camera1861 panoramic camera1862 pantoscopic camera1865 pistolograph1866 pantoscope1879 detective camera1881 filmograph1881 photographometera1884 photochronograph1887 snap-shooter1890 stand camera1890 tele-objective camera1891 film camera1893 magazine camera1893 panoram1893 telephoto1894 mutograph1897 tele-camera1899 telephote1903 press camera1912 reflex1922 candid camera1929 minicam1935 single-lens reflex1936 plate camera1937 magic eye1938 subminiature1947 miniature1952 all-sky camera1955 microfilmer1959 stereo-camera1959 streak camera1962 gallery camera1964 SLR1964 TLR1965 spy-camera1968 pinhole1976 multi-mode1981 digicam1989 point-and-shoot1991 1903 Sci. Amer. 27 June 486/1 (heading) The ‘Telephot’, a novel apparatus for photographing at great distances. 1903 Sci. Amer. 27 June 486/2 The ‘Téléphot’ may, moreover, be, at a moment's notice, converted into a terrestrial or astronomical telescope. 1973 Pop. Photogr. May 162/3 While it is an unusual camera..an even more interesting form of it is the Stereoscopic Telephot Vega. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > communication of visual images > [adjective] telephotic1878 telephotographic1879 telautographic1888 phototelegraphic1907 fax1972 1878 Musical World 20 Apr. 265/1 So much has lately appeared in print on the subject of telephonic, telephotic, and phonographic contrivances. 1889 tr. Jules Verne in Tablet 16 Feb. 249/1 Each reporter..has in front of him a set of commutators which enable him to communicate with any desired telephotic line. 1896 Flammarion in N. Amer. Rev. May 557 We need to be able to enter into telephotic communication with them [sc. inhabitants of Mars]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). telephotev. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > communication of visual images > [verb (transitive)] telephote1880 telefax1943 fax1979 1880 Engineering 7 May 361/2 An image of the object to be ‘telephoted’ is focussed on the mirror by means of a lens, and the resulting current started in each [selenium] square of the mirror by the portion of the image falling on it is transmitted by the corresponding wire to the distant station. 2. transitive. To transmit (printed or written material) using facsimile telegraphy. ΚΠ 1926 Mexia (Texas) Daily News 7 Feb. 2 (caption) This picture which shows a few of the many paying last tribute, was telephoted across the continent. 1968 Amarillo (Texas) Daily News 4 Apr. 45/1 Frank took his picture of the mayor and myself shaking hands over the roses. It was soon telephoted back to Texas and appeared that day on the front page of the newspaper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878v.1880 |
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