telemeter
Remote distance gauge
A telemeter is a device that measures something at a distance and transmits the data to a remote location.
The verb means to transmit measurements this way.
Telemetry systems monitor spacecraft, racing cars, and medical patients: The satellite telemeters temperature readings back to Earth.
The word also refers to optical rangefinders that measure distance to a target.
Space between two points
- rangingExtending between limits
- surveyingMeasuring and charting terrain
- triangulationLocation via three points
- geodesyEarth measurement science
altitude · elevation · baseline · precision · accuracy · calibration · optical · laser
Distant or controller
- transmissionSending of information
- dataFacts for analysis
- sensorInput-detecting device
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
spacecraft · satellite · rocket · biomedical · wireless · radio · receiver · transmitter
Large-caliber battlefield weapons
- ballisticsProjectile motion science
- targetingSelecting as objective
- ordnanceMilitary weapons collectively
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
trajectory · azimuth · munitions · naval · gunnery · mortar · howitzer · battery
distance
Space between two points
- rangingExtending between limits
- surveyingMeasuring and charting terrain
- triangulationLocation via three points
geodesy · altitude · elevation · baseline · precision · accuracy · calibration · optical · laser · radar
remote
Distant or controller
- transmissionSending of information
- dataFacts for analysis
- sensorInput-detecting device
monitoring · spacecraft · satellite · rocket · biomedical · wireless · radio · receiver · transmitter · antenna
artillery
Large-caliber battlefield weapons
- ballisticsProjectile motion science
- targetingSelecting as objective
- ordnanceMilitary weapons collectively
bombardment · trajectory · azimuth · munitions · naval · gunnery · mortar · howitzer · battery · spotting
- tele- wordstelevision, TV, telegram, telecast, telecom
- measuring toolstape measure, ruler, yardstick, tablespoon, teaspoon
- watch partshands, hand, dial, hour hand, minute hand
telemetermicrometer
Millionth of a meter
ruler · tape measure · feeler gauge · measuring rod · yardstick