TELEMETER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does telemeter mean? 

• TELEMETER (noun)
  The noun TELEMETER has 1 sense:

1. any scientific instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the observer

  Familiarity information: TELEMETER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELEMETER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any scientific instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the observer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("telemeter" is a kind of...):

scientific instrument (an instrument used by scientists)

Holonyms ("telemeter" is a part of...):

space probe (a rocket-propelled guided missile that can escape the earth's atmosphere; makes observations of the solar system that cannot be made by terrestrial observation)