Tele-snap

noun

A still photograph of a television broadcast, taken and sold for commercial use in the days before video recording.

Meanings

nounTele-snap (plural Tele-snaps)

plural Tele-snaps

  1. historicalbroadcastingA still photograph of a television broadcast, taken and sold for commercial use in the days before video recording.

Origin

Trade name (Tele-snaps), from tele- + snap.

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APA

Tele-snap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tele-snap

MLA

“Tele-snap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tele-snap. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tele-snap,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tele-snap.

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