单词 | wire photograph |
释义 | wire photographn. Originally U.S. An image transmitted over a telephone line. Cf. wirephoto n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > communication of visual images > [noun] > image or copy obtained by phototelegram1871 telephotograph1880 telephotogram1900 radiophotograph1922 wirephoto1923 photo-radiogram1924 wire photograph1925 radiophoto1926 photogram1928 fax1980 fax-back1988 1925 Los Angeles Times 24 Feb. ii. 12/1 (heading) Telepix wire photographs prove highly successful. 1935 Evening Tribune (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 8 July 6/4 The following article under the above headlines, together with a fine Associated Press wire photograph, appeared in this morning's Minneapolis Tribune. 1962 Listener 12 July 57/1 Cartoonists in the United States rely for day-to-day material on newspaper morgues and wire-photographs. 1990 Brit. Printer Nov. 54/3 There is a Sinclair system for wire photographs, which is a spur off the Mirror's main system. 2005 National Business Rev. (Nexis) 5 Aug. 24 The wire photograph..was an arresting image—desperate, vivid and poignant. And, as it transpired, utterly misleading. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1925 |
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