Telephoto lens

Telephoto lens
Telephoto lens Tel`e*pho"to lens n. a special compound camera lens with a long effective focal length but used in a camera with a short focal length, allowing large images to be obtained of distant objects when used in a camera in place of an ordinary lens; -- called also {telephotographic lens}. [PJC]

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