telemeter

English

Alternative forms

• telemetre (nonstandard)

Etymology

From French télémètre (“device used for measuring distance”) coined by Selligue from télé- +‎ -mètre, possibly from a blend of télescope and micromètre.

Noun

telemeter (plural telemeters)

1. Any measuring device used in telemetry.
2. A device used for rangefinding, especially of military targets.

Translations

Any measuring device used in telemetry

• Bulgarian: далекомер (bg) m (dalekomer)
• French: télémètre (fr) m
• Greek: τηλέμετρο (el) n (tilémetro)
• Italian: telemetro (it) m
• Russian: дальноме́р (ru) m (dalʹnomér), телеме́тр (ru) m (telemétr) (dated)

Verb

telemeter (third-person singular simple present telemeters, present participle telemetering, simple past and past participle telemetered)

1. (transitive) To transmit by telemetry.

Anagrams

• telemetre