telephotyn.
/ˈtɛlᵻfəʊti/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌfoʊdi/ Now rare.
The transmission and reproduction of images over a distance by converting light into electrical signals; spec. transmission of images by telegraph; facsimile telegraphy; = telephotography n.1 Also: the theory and practice of this.
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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
1889 Jrnl. Proc. & Addr. National Educ. Assoc. U.S. 1888 192 In divinity, in telegraphy, in telephony, in telephoty, in social science..and in fine, in every department of human learning, thought, and investigation, there is a marked necessity for higher study.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 30 Apr. 5/2 The system of ‘telephoty’..was well known amongst specialists twenty-five years or more ago.
1935 M. E. Hennessy Four Decades Mass. Politics 331 Photographs were transmitted to New York in less than five minutes by the new process of telephoty.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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