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

Derived Forms

• telemetric
  adjective
• telemetry
  noun
• telemetrically
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of telemeter

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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

The accompanying cut illustrates a telemeter which was exhibited at the Paris Exhibition of Electricity, and which is particularly interesting from the fact that it is the first apparatus of this kind.

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

At some anti-aircfaft batteries," he explained, "they have the telemeter for that purpose.

From Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front by Rinehart, Mary Roberts