telemeter

(telə mēt′ər, tə lemət ər)

noun

  1. an instrument for determining the distance to a remote object; range finder
  2. any device for transmitting measurements of physical phenomena, as temperature, radiation, etc., to a distant recorder or observer: used in satellites, spacecraft, etc.

Origin: tele- + -meter

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to transmit by telemeter

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See telemeter in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A measuring, transmitting, and receiving device used in telemetry.
transitive verb (tĕlˈə-mēˌtər) tel·e·me·tered, tel·e·me·ter·ing, tel·e·me·ters
To measure, transmit, and receive (data) automatically from a distant source, as from a spacecraft or an electric power grid.

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