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Noun: telemeter  tu'le-mi-tu(r)
  1. Any scientific instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the observer
    "The weather balloon was equipped with a telemeter to send atmospheric data back to Earth"

Derived forms: telemeters

Type of: scientific instrument

Part of: probe, space probe

Encyclopedia: Telemeter