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wire·photo (-fōt′ō)

noun

  1. a system of reproducing photographs at a distance by means of electric impulses transmitted by wire
  2. a photograph so produced

Etymology: from APWirephoto, a trademark

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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