亚洲网紅露点

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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

/ t瑟藞l蓻m瑟t蓹; 藢t蓻l瑟藞m蓻tr瑟k /

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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to obtain and transmit (data) from a distant source, esp from a spacecraft
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢迟别濒别藞尘别迟谤颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
  • telemetric, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 迟别濒路别路尘别迟路谤颈肠 [tel-, uh, -, me, -trik], adjective
  • 迟别濒顎卐路尘别迟顎价颈路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 迟别路濒别尘路别路迟谤测 [t, uh, -, lem, -i-tree], noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of telemeter1

First recorded in 1855鈥60; tele- 1 + -meter
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Example Sentences

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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