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

The wide-eyed, camera-wielding Tiros caricature became a wonderfully evocative, 8-ft.-wide monster; and the nose on the 8-ft.-long Vanguard III would arouse the envy of even Los Angeles Neighbor Jimmy Durante.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Tiros II went into orbit, the narrow-angle camera started right off to take good pictures, but the wide-angle camera balked.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rising from Cape Canaveral, Fla., a Thor-Delta rocket set a Tiros weather satellite on an almost perfectly circular orbit 463 to 506 miles above the earth and at a 48� angle to the equator.

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

The "leg up" which the United States has in this particular phase of space research is illustrated by the acute photographic talents of the Tiros satellite and their meaning to weather experts.

From The Practical Values of Space Exploration Report of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Eighty-Sixth Congress, Second Session by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics.