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Definition of Telethermometer
1. Noun. A thermometer that registers the temperature at some distant point.
Definition of Telethermometer
1. n. An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.
Definition of Telethermometer
1. Noun. An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise. ¹
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Medical Definition of Telethermometer
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Telethermometer
Literary usage of Telethermometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Refrigeration, Cold Storage and Ice-making: A Practical Treatise on the Art by Alexander James Wallis-Tayler (1912)
"... Temperature Tell-Tales and Long-Distance Thermometers —The Thermograph—The
telethermometer or Electrical Thermometer— Lighting Cold Stores. MANAGEMENT. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1886)
"This combined instrument is called the telethermometer. At the point of observation
is the metallic thermometer, and at the office, which may be at any ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"[As telethermometer + -y^.J The art of indicating or recording temperature
automatically at a distance from the actuating thermometer. ..."