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Variant of telemeter

telemeter Definition

tele·meter (tel′ə mēt′ər, tə lem′ət 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.

Etymology: tele- + -meter

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to transmit by telemeter

Related Forms:

telemetry Telecom Definition
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.