Tiros

American  

[tahy-rohs] / ˈtaɪ roʊs /

noun

U.S. Aerospace.

1. one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.

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Tiros British  

/ ˈtaɪrəʊs /

noun

1. one of a series of US weather satellites carrying infrared and television camera equipment for transmitting meteorological data to the earth

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Etymology

Origin of Tiros

t(elevision) i(nfra)r(ed) o(bservational) s(atellite)

Example Sentences

Launched just at the start of the Caribbean hurricane season, Tiros will use its sharp-eyed cameras to detect infant hurricanes when they are only tentative swirls in the dappled cloud patterns over tropical seas.

From Time Magazine Archive

And starting back with Tiros I, launched in '1960, pictures made by that camera have worked on a major revolution in meteorology.

From Time Magazine Archive

All the gadgets on Tiros III are working fine: cloud-pattern pictures began coming down by radio as soon as the satellite got into orbit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week the U.S. launched Tiros II, to improve on the work of its predecessor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Do not despise the Tiros, and the Numisii, or the Mustellae, or the Seii.

From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Cicero, Marcus Tullius