telemeter

American  

[tuh-lem-i-ter, tel-uh-mee-ter] / təˈlɛm ɪ tər, ˈtɛl əˌmi tər /

noun

1. any of certain devices or attachments for determining distances by measuring the angle subtending a known distance.

2. Electricity. the complete measuring, transmitting, and receiving apparatus for indicating, recording, or integrating at a distance, by electrical translating means, the value of a quantity.

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verb (used with object)

1. to transmit (radio signals, data, etc.) automatically and at a distance, as between a ground station and an artificial satellite, space probe, or the like, especially in order to record information, operate guidance apparatus, etc.

verb (used without object)

1. to telemeter radio signals, data, etc.

telemeter British  

/ tɪˈlɛmɪtə, ˌtɛlɪˈmɛtrɪk /

noun

1. any device for recording or measuring a distant event and transmitting the data to a receiver or observer

2. any device or apparatus used to measure a distance without directly comparing it with a measuring rod, etc, esp one that depends on the measurement of angles

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verb

1. (tr) to obtain and transmit (data) from a distant source, esp from a spacecraft

Other Word Forms

• telemetric adjective
• telemetrically adverb
• telemetry noun

Etymology

Origin of telemeter

First recorded in 1855–60; tele- ¹ + -meter

Example Sentences

"We're delighted," says one Canadian telemeter user, H. W. Wilcox.

From Time Magazine Archive

The signal varies in several ways, showing the passage of coded information over the satellite's nine telemeter channels.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the sighting rod was set up, Rondon’s loyal right-hand man, Lieutenant João Salustiano Lyra, used a telemeter, an instrument that measured the distance from his canoe to the sighting rod.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

As his eyes flashed upward in panic, Bud caught a brief glimpse of the ponderous test stand with the priceless telemeter tilting to one side.

From Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]

It will be remembered that the object of a telemeter is to make known at any moment whatever the distance of a movable object, and that, too, by a direct reading and without any calculation.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 by Various