te|lem|e|ter

te|lem|e|ter
te|lem|e|ter «tuh LEHM uh tuhr», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a device for measuring heat, radiation, pressure, speed, or other quantity, and transmitting the information to a distant receiving station.
2. any one of various range finders used in surveying and gunnery.
3. Physics. a device to measure strains.
–v.t., v.i.
to measure and transmit by telemeter.

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