telemetry
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te·lem·e·try
(tə-lĕm′ĭ-trē)n.
1. The science and technology of automatic measurement and transmission of data by wire, radio, or other means from remote sources, as from space vehicles, to receiving stations for recording and analysis.
2. Biotelemetry.
tel′e·met′ric (tĕl′ə-mĕt′rĭk), tel′e·met′ri·cal (-rĭ-kəl) adj.
tel′e·met′ri·cal·ly adv.
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telemetry
(tɪˈlɛmɪtrɪ)n
1. (Telecommunications) the use of radio waves, telephone lines, etc, to transmit the readings of measuring instruments to a device on which the readings can be indicated or recorded. See also radiotelemetry
2. (Surveying) the measurement of linear distance using a tellurometer
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te•lem•e•try
(təˈlɛm ɪ tri)n.
the automated transmission of data from a distant source, esp. from space to a ground station.
[1880–85]
tel•e•met•ric (ˌtɛl əˈmɛ trɪk) adj.
tel`e•met′ri•cal•ly, adv.
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te·lem·e·try
(tə-lĕm′ĭ-trē) The automatic measurement and transmission of data from a distant source to a receiving station. Telemetry is used, for example, to track the movements of wild animals that have had radio transmitters attached to them.
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telemetry
the science or use of the telemeter; long-distance measurement.
See also: Distance, Measurement-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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| Noun | 1. | telemetry - automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other means measurement, measuring, mensuration, measure - the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate" |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
telemetry
n → Telemetrie f, → Fernmessung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
te·lem·e·try
n. telemetría, información transmitida electrónicamente a distancia.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
telemetry
n telemetríaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.