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Definition of Telemeter
1. Noun. Any scientific instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the observer.
Definition of Telemeter
1. n. An instrument used for measuring the distance of an object from an observer; as, a telescope with a micrometer for measuring the apparent diameter of an object whose real dimensions are known.
2. n. An apparatus for recording at a distant station the indications of physical instruments such as the thermometer, galvanometer, etc.
Definition of Telemeter
1. Noun. Any device used in telemetry ¹
2. Noun. A device used for rangefinding, especially of military targets ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Telemeter
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Telemeter
1. An instrument used for measuring the distance of an object from an observer; as, a telescope with a micrometer for measuring the apparent diameter of an object whose real dimensions are known. A measuring instrument which sends the information obtained from its sensors by radio to a base station. Such instruments are used for measuring conditions in space or in other locations difficult of access for humans observers, or merely to allow one observer to monitor conditions in many places simultaneaously. Telemetry. The science or process of making remote measurements and sending the data by radio. Origin: Gr. Far. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Telemeter
Literary usage of Telemeter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"The position of the disk indicates the number of yards from the observer to where
the shell exploded. telemeter. An instrument for determining long ..."
2. Transactions of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers by Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (1903)
"THE GRADIENT-telemeter LEVEL AND ITS ADVANTAGES ON PRELIMINARY WORK. By RW
Macintyre, AM Can. Soc. CE Nowadays, when events are making such rapid history in ..."
3. An Elementary Treatise on Phototopographic Methods and Instruments by John Adolphus Flemer (1906)
"A. The Stereoscopic telemeter, or Range-finder, The stereoscopic telemeter, ...
This telemeter, devised by Dr. Pulfrich, is the outgrowth of ideas that had ..."
4. An Elementary Treatise on Phototopographic Methods and Instruments by John Adolphus Flemer (1906)
"The stereoscopic telemeter, or aerial distance measure, manufactured by the ...
This telemeter, devised by Dr. Pulfrich, is the outgrowth of ideas that had ..."
5. An Elementary Treatise on Phototopographic Methods and Instruments by John Adolphus Flemer (1906)
"The stereoscopic telemeter, or aerial distance measure, manufactured by the ...
This telemeter, devised by Dr. Pulfrich, is the outgrowth of ideas that had ..."
6. A Treatise on Mine-surveying by Bennett Hooper Brough, Harry Dean (1920)
"The reading of the top edge of the upper strip then gives the distance, which is
read off by the staff-holder. The Gradient-telemeter Mining Dial. ..."
7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1867)
"... boiled to free it from air, with change of temperature. Thermometer G7°-5 Fahr.
Barometer 29-02 inches. Remarks on a new telemeter ; a new ..."
8. Aid to Survey-practice for Reference in Surveying, Levelling, and Setting by Lowis D'Aguilar Jackson (1880)
"telemeter SURVEYS. telemeter surveys differ from chain surveys in that the
distances, within a range convenient to the telemeter used, are obtained by ..."
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