'Telephoto lens' definitions:
Definition of 'telephoto lens'
From: WordNet
noun
A camera lens that magnifies the image [syn: telephoto lens, zoom lens]
Definition of 'Telephoto lens'
From: GCIDE
- 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]