telemeter

[ tuh-lem-i-ter, tel-uh-mee-ter ]

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.

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

/ 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

verb

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

Derived Forms

• ˌteleˈmetrically, adverb
• telemetric, adjective

Other Words From

• tel·e·met·ric [tel-, uh, -, me, -trik], adjective
• tele·metri·cal·ly adverb
• te·lem·e·try [t, uh, -, lem, -i-tree], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of telemeter¹

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

Example Sentences

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 Literature

Reference 5975 of the Multi-Scale Chronograph, which boasts an additional telemeter scale, comes in a 40 mm case available in white gold, yellow gold or platinum.

From Forbes

The battleship's telemeter, a device used to measure distances, is currently on display at the entrance of the harbour of Montevideo.

From BBC

The rocket was equipped with every kind of instrument—trackers, telemeters, and it was sending back sound and sight like a human eye and ear.

From Project Gutenberg

Commander Lilly saw that the wily Spanish ruse was to draw them in under the guns of the heavy batteries, where Spanish artillery officers could plot out the exact range with their telemeters.

From Project Gutenberg