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Definition: Telemeter |
TelemeterNoun1. Any scientific instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the observer. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | 1. To measure at a distance. See telemetering, telemetry.2. The electronic unit which transmits the signal in a telemetering system. (references) |
Geography | An optical instrument for measuring distances. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Measurement | Bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrometer, pantometer, pluviometer, pneumatometer, pneumometer, radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer, telemeter, udometer, vacuometer, variometer, viameter, thermometer, thermistor (heat), barometer (air), anemometer (wind), dynamometer, goniometer (angle) meter; landmark; (limit); balance, scale; (weight); marigraph, pneumatograph, stethograph; rain gauge, rain gage; voltmeter(volts), ammeter(amps); spectrophotometer (light absorbance); mass spectrophotometer(molecular mass); geiger counter, scintillation counter(radioactivity); pycnometer (liquid density); graduated cylinder, volumetric flask (volume); radar gun (velocity); radar (distance); side-looking radar (shape, topography); sonar (depth in water); light meter (light intensity); clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time); anemometer (wind velocity); densitometer (color intensity). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Telemeter |
| English words defined with "telemeter": Stadimeter. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "telemeter": gradienter ♦ telemeter rod, TEST ENGINEER. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Telemeter" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swedish (telemeter). |
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 | Components of Roberts Radio Current Meter This meter was invented by Elliott B. Roberts It was the first current system to telemeter current information Buoy telemetry was an outgrowth of RAR radio-sono-buoy technology Tests conducted on LESTER JONES.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Roberts Radio Current Meter ready to be deployed This meter was invented by Elliott B. Roberts It was the first current system to telemeter current information Buoy telemetry was an outgrowth of RAR radio-sono-buoy technology Tests conducted on LESTER JONES.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Streamlined buoy and Roberts Radio Current Meter ready for deployment This meter was invented by Elliott B. Roberts It was the first current system to telemeter current information Buoy telemetry was an outgrowth of RAR radio-sono-buoy technology Tests conducted on LESTER JONES.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Preparing a streamlined buoy for planting with Roberts Radio Current Meter Inventor Elliott B. Roberts kneeling next to buoy It was the first current system to telemeter current information Buoy telemetry was an outgrowth of RAR radio-sono-buoy technology Tests conducted on LESTER JONES.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Different configurations of Roberts Radio Current Meter This meter was invented by Elliott B. Roberts It was the first current system to telemeter current information Buoy telemetry was an outgrowth of RAR radio-sono-buoy technology Tests conducted on LESTER JONES.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Streamlined buoy with Roberts Radio Current Meter This meter was invented by Elliott B. Roberts It was the first current system to telemeter current information Buoy telemetry was an outgrowth of RAR radio-sono-buoy technology Tests conducted on LESTER JONES.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
telemeter | 37 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "telemeter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | telemetër (range finder), largësimatës (range finder). (various references) | |
Arabic | مقياس عن بعد, مقياس البعد. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | телеметър, далекомер (range finder). (various references) | |
Chinese | 遥测仪. (various references) | |
Danish | telemeter (geodetical range finder, range finder, topographical range finder), distancemåler (range finder), afstandsmåler (range finder). (various references) | |
Dutch | afstandsmeter (range finder, rangefinder, range-finder), afstandmeter (range finder). (various references) | |
Finnish | etäisyysmittari (range finder, rangefinder). (various references) | |
French | télémètre. (various references) | |
German | Fernmessgerät. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מ" מרחק (odometer). (various references) | |
Hungarian | teleméter, távolságmérő (odometer, telemetric, telemetrical), távmérő (range-finder, telemetric, telemetrical). (various references) | |
Italian | telemetro (rangefinder, range-finder), distanziometro ottico (range finder). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | テレフタル酸 (telecommuting, telemark, telemarker, telemarketer, telemarketing, telemedicine, telementary, telemetering, telemetry, telephone, telephone box, telephone card, telephone club, telephone marketing, telephone service, telephone sex, Teleport, teleprinter, television documentary, telework, telewriting, terephtalic acid). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | テレメーター . (various references) | |
Manx | chellameader. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | elemetertay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | telémetro (range finder, rangefinder, range-finder). (various references) | |
Romanian | telemetru. (various references) | |
Russian | телеметр. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | telemetar, daljinomer (range finder). (various references) | |
Spanish | telémetro (range finder, rangefinder, range-finder). (various references) | |
Swedish | telemeter (geodetical range finder, topographical range finder), avståndsmätare (range finder). (various references) | |
Thai | เครื่องวั"ระยะทางไกล. (various references) | |
Turkish | telemetre (range finder), uzaktan ölçüm cihazı. (various references) | |
Ukranian | телеметр. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | kính đo xa. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "telemeter": telemetered, telemetering, telemeters. (additional references) | |
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"Telemeter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Elemeta, telemoter. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-e-l-m-r-t-t" | |
-3 letters: letter, meeter, melter, mettle, remeet, remelt, teemer, teeter, terete. | |
-4 letters: emeer, melee, merle, meter, metre, relet, remet, retem. | |
-5 letters: leer, leet, meet, melt, mere, merl, mete, reel, rete, teel, teem, tele, term, tree, tret. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-e-l-m-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: telemeters. | |
+2 letters: telemetered, telemetries. | |
+3 letters: electrometer, resettlement, telemarketer, telemetering. | |
+4 letters: electrometers, presettlement, reflectometer, resettlements, telemarketers, thermoelement. | |
+5 letters: biotelemetries, presettlements, reflectometers, thermoelements. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 6C 65 6D 65 74 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- . .-.. . -- . - . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01101100 01100101 01101101 01100101 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e l e m e t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 006C 0065 006D 0065 0074 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)547178717971867184 |
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