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

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

With about $32,000 worth of standard components, any country that is interested can put together a station capable of querying Tiros VIII, the newest weather watcher that the U.S. has fired into orbit.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

His new vehicles, amid the general advance in knowledge of meteorology, are the creations of modern technology, particularly electronic-eyed weather satellites like Tiros and Nimbus and high-speed computers that can digest and interpret weather data.

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