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remote sensing

noun

  1. the science of gathering data on an object or area from a considerable distance, as with radar or infrared photography, to observe the earth or a heavenly body.


remote sensing

noun

  1. the use of an instrument, such as a radar device or camera, to scan the earth or another planet from space in order to collect data about some aspect of it
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • remote-sensing, adjective
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Example Sentences

For Benjumeda and Peña, the answer was returning to the university for advanced degrees in remote sensing, and launching a company, Orbital EOS, that uses satellite data to more efficiently monitor the world’s oceans for all kinds of activity.

From Quartz

To help each other out, Wuxi, on the lake’s northern shore, and Huzhou, on its southern edge, have started sharing remote sensing data and using drones and automated boats to monitor the water’s surface together.

Unfortunately, not all archaeology can be done with remote sensing.

People in those places might eventually have remote sensing equipment in their own homes or at a pharmacy or workplace.

Cooperation might then begin in lower profile areas such as sharing remote sensing data and reducing orbital debris.

From Time

Remote-sensing instruments in Earth-orbit satellites measure radar, visible light, and infrared radiation.

Remote sensing is the collection of information about an object without being in direct physical contact with it.

The scarcity of vegetation makes spectral remote sensing especially effective in arid lands.

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