单词 | telemeter |
释义 | telemetern.1 1. An instrument for indirectly measuring the distance between an observer and an object by any of various methods (see note at telemetry n. 1).Also with distinguishing word indicating the method of measurement, as acoustic telemeter, optical telemeter, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring distances teleometer1820 telemeter1849 diastimeter1851 telometer1860 stadiometer1862 apomecometer1869 teletopometer1885 stenometer1901 tellurometer1956 mekometer1961 1849 Ann. Rep. Progress Chem. 1 165 An optical telemeter, an instrument for measuring distances,..by Doppler. 1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 31 Aug. 4 Of two batteries coming into action, the one with and the other without a telemeter, a difference of about a minute in opening fire would make the difference between accurate shooting and shooting by guesswork. 1879 Jrnl. Royal United Service Inst. 22 907 A few men may be sent out to fire blank cartridges to permit the estimation of distance by means of acoustic telemeters, such as that of Le Boulangé [read Le Boulengé] and others. 1900 H. M. Wilson Topogr. Surveying 236 The stadia, telemeter, or subtend system [of measuring distances]. 1936 Pop. Mech. July 64/1 Combining the features of wrist watch, stop watch, telemeter and tachometer, a new timing instrument is handy for sportsmen and persons engaged in radio work. 1996 A. De Wulf in D. Vanhove Rom. Marble Quarries S. Euboea i. 5/2 Over the years it became more and more customary to build these [electromagnetic] telemeters..into the theodolite itself, which was then called a total station. 2015 E. M. Jones & S. S. Roderick Submarine Torpedo Tactics iv. 59 Range could be estimated by using the telemeter reticules in the periscope. 2. An instrument that indicates or records physical measurements or other data obtained remotely and transmitted to it, chiefly by means of electrical signals or (in later use) radio waves. Also: an instrument that obtains physical measurements or other data and transmits them over a distance.Recorded earliest in thermo-telemeter.See also telebarometer, telemanometer, etc., at tele- comb. form 1b, and telethermometer n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] > devices for > specific meter1832 time stamp1855 telemeter1877 tape recorder1892 slot-meter1899 motor meter1903 check meter1909 Recordak1928 Thermo-Fax1953 ultramicrofiche1967 ultrafiche1971 electronic tag1980 the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > measuring at distance from recording telometer1860 telemeter1929 telemetry1952 1877 Anglo-Amer. Times 2 Nov. 16/3 Mr. Harris Rogers..has invented a remarkable instrument for registering heat at a distance... It is called a ‘thermo-telemeter’, and its purpose is to enable the chief engineer in his office to know at once the precise degree of temperature of every part of the hall and committee rooms. 1884 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 6 Apr. 4/3 A Maine man has invented an electric apparatus which he calls a telemeter, and which is to be used to record temperatures at long distances. 1884 Electr. World 21 June 200/2 The Telemeter Company will exhibit their apparatus for telegraphing the readings of thermometers, barometers and steam gauges. 1929 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 48 183/1 In addition to surveying the field of application of ‘telemetering’..the paper presents several innovations in the types of ‘telemeters’ available. 1947 Sun (Baltimore) 10 Nov. 9/2 Electronic gadgets called ‘telemeters’..are installed in high-speed missiles and tuned to send back to the ground by radio whatever information the scientists need. 1975 D. G. Fink Electronics Engineers' Handbk. xxvi. 43 The passive implant telemeter may contain a resonant circuit in which the resonant frequency, made to vary with the body signal, can be detected with a grid dip meter. 2011 Sunday Territorian (Austral.) (Nexis) 20 Feb. (Fishing section) 54 I just wished they could get the telemeter gauges to work reliably so I can have up-to-date information. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). telemetern.2 U.S. Now historical. A system of pay TV in which scrambled broadcasts are descrambled after money is deposited in a coin box attached to the television set; (also) the descrambler used in this system. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > [noun] > types of television system radiovision1924 colour television1927 phonovision1927 Scophony1932 stratovision1945 subscription television1945 Phonevision1947 pay television1950 subscription TV1950 telemeter1951 Web TV1952 pay TV1954 toll television1956 digital television1957 slot television1958 digital TV1959 satellite television1961 satellite TV1961 cable television1965 satellite1982 1951 Billboard 9 June 6/4 Telemeter operates via a coin-box decoder. 1961 Spectator 24 Mar. 394/3 5800 telemeter sets were installed [in Canada]. 1979 A. Briggs Hist. Broadcasting U.K. IV. 871 (footnote) He described a ‘telemeter’ which was used in California. It was an adaptor fitted to television sets. 2007 P. E. Meza Coming Attractions? iv. 83 When customers deposited the correct amount of change in the coin box, the telemeter descrambled the signal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). telemeterv. transitive. To indicate, record, or transmit (a physical measurement or other piece of information) using a telemeter; to obtain (data) by telemetry. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measure [verb (transitive)] > measure remotely telemeter1929 society > communication > telecommunication > telemetry > [verb (transitive)] telemeter1929 1929 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 48 185/2 A carrier wave of constant frequency modulated by an audio frequency which varies with the magnitude of the quantity being telemetered. 1941 T. J. Rhodes Industr. Instruments for Measurem. & Control viii. 356 The pressure or liquid-level indication is telemetered to the operating floor. 1953 A. C. Clarke Prelude to Space (rev. ed.) xii. 64 ‘Alpha's’ main instrument readings are telemetered back to Earth. 1969 Times 2 May 16/4 Spacecraft designed to telemeter photographs of the moon's surface back to the earth. 1971 G. G. Luce Body Time v. 155 His heart rate was telemetered by a small radio capsule in his undershirt. 2012 N. Mohan Electric Power Syst. v. 78 The measured information is telemetered to a central operating station. Derivatives ˈtelemetered adj. (of a physical measurement or other piece of information) obtained remotely and transmitted to another place for display or recording; measured and transmitted using telemetry. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > measuring or measured remotely telemetered1930 society > communication > telecommunication > telemetry > [adjective] > telemetered telemetered1930 1930 Engineering 31 Oct. 572/3 These telemetered loads were summated at Klingenberg, and were transmitted over pilot wires to the other stations. 1978 Broadcast 5 June 21/2 All the telemetered information is available on..wall mounted key and lamp panels. 2015 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 15 Jan. (Business section) 7 New environmental regulations requiring telemetered information from bores mean he can see exactly how much he is using. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11849n.21951v.1929 |
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