Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The science and technology of automatic measurement and transmission of data by wire, radio, or other means from remote sources, as from space vehicles, to receiving stations for recording and analysis.
- noun Biotelemetry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art of measuring distances by the use of telemeters.
- noun The art of recording at a distance the indications of meteorological and physical instruments.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The science or process of making remote measurements and sending the data by radio; the use of a telemeter.
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- noun applied sciences the
science , andassociated technology , of theautomatic recording andtransmission ofdata from aremote source to areceiving station foranalysis
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other means
Etymologies
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Examples
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Gadgets for this already exist, although in some states like CA, GPS units are illegal (radio telemetry is OK, though ... go figure).
K-9 G.P.S. 2008
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Byrne suggested that the telemetry from the orbiters should also be stored on magnetic tape in case it was needed again later.
The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow, Part 7: Off to France! ewillett 2008
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Nigel: The video became important after we lost telemetry from the vehicle.
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"The telemetry is stated in plain language — in English," says Bauer.
Boing Boing: January 22, 2006 - January 28, 2006 Archives 2006
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As of this moment it looks like they got some telemetry from the spacecraft, just not what they expected.
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So she called telemetry, and sure enough, they had some pamphlets, and I went upstairs to get them.
Archive 2007-03-01 Susan Palwick 2007
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So she called telemetry, and sure enough, they had some pamphlets, and I went upstairs to get them.
Quitters Susan Palwick 2007
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This is actually very easy to arrange: the Ring is simply the master node of a wireless network, and is able to send commands and receive telemetry from the other rings, including their locations and the spoken words of the people around them.
Boing Boing: January 6, 2002 - January 12, 2002 Archives 2002
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We've had an opportunity to isolate for you the precise moment when mission control first had a sense that there was a problem, the communication loss, the loss of data, the so-called telemetry on those computer screens.
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It is called telemetry and the use of an instrument is necessary.
Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1918
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