radiophotograph
Noun: A picture or image produced by photographic means that has been transmitted over a distance using radio waves. It refers specifically to the technology of sending photographs via radio signals.
The term describes the photograph that is the end product of a radio transmission process. It is used in technical and historical contexts related to telecommunications and imaging. - The news agency received a radiophotograph of the event from their overseas correspondent. - Early 20th-century experiments in sending images wirelessly involved creating a radiophotograph.
- The term is largely historical, referring to early facsimile or wirephoto technology that predated modern digital transmission.
- It can be used attributively to describe the technology or system itself (e.g., ).
- Radiophotography (n): The process or technology of transmitting photographs by radio.
- Wirephoto (n): A similar term for a photograph transmitted over telegraph or telephone wires, often used interchangeably in historical contexts.
- Telephotograph: A photograph transmitted over a distance, especially by telegraph or telephone wires.
- Facsimile: An exact copy, often referring to a transmitted document or image (abbreviated as ).
This word has a very specific, technical meaning and is not commonly used in modern language, having been superseded by terms like digital image transmission, fax, or simply transmitted photo. Its usage is primarily found in historical descriptions of communication technology.
- a photograph transmitted by radio waves