\Tel`e*pho*tog"ra*phy\, 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.

2. Art or process of electrically transmitting and
   reproducing photographic or other pictures at a distance
   by methods similar to those used in electric telegraphy.

3. Less properly, phototelegraphy.