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Surveyor's tool
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telemeter
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The original meaning of telemeter , and still one of the main uses of the word, was a device used to measure distances to remote objects, that is, a rangefinder . Originally optical devices used in surveying , they soon found military applications in rangefinding, ...
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n. 1 Any device used in telemetry. 2 A device used for rangefinder, especially of military targets.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any scientific instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the observer
Usage examples of telemeter.
At the edge of the field of vision, the Doppler telemeter and accelerometer spat out their little red numbers so rapidly that it was difficult to read the indicated speed.
At the edge of the field of vision, the Doppler telemeter and accelerometer spat out their little red numbers so rapidly that it was difficult to read the indicated speed.
The grounded research rocket, which had landed under remote control near Mesklin's south pole and had failed to take off after presumably recording its data, had long since been located by its telemetering transmitters.
It will be sending back telemetered reports from its telescopic examination of the surface, from its sounding missiles, and there are even several missiles equipped to land on Mars, conduct geological explorations within a limited radius, analyze samples, and telemeter back their findings.
On the fringes of the inhibitor field Lewis and Corinth were preparing the telemetered missiles which would be shot into the region of denser flux.