telemetry

telemetry definition - telecom
From the Greek tele, meaning far off, and meter, meaning measure, and translating literally as measure far off. The branch of science or process of remote measurement and collection of variable data, such as pressure, temperature, flow, or radiation, and transmission of the data to a distant location for analysis and interpretation.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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