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remote sensor

noun

any instrument, such as a radar device or camera, that scans the earth or another planet from space in order to collect data about some aspect of it

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Nearby words

  1. remortgage,
  2. remote,
  3. remote access,
  4. remote control,
  5. remote sensing,
  6. remotely,
  7. remotion,
  8. remoulade,
  9. remould,
  10. remount
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