telemetricadj.
/ˌtɛlᵻˈmɛtrɪk/, U.S. /ˌtɛləˈmɛtrɪk/ 1. Of or relating to the indirect measurement of the distance between an observer and an object. Cf. telemeter n.1 1, telemetry n. 1. Now rare.
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1865 Mechanics' Mag. 8 Dec. 360/1 Mr. Bell is not quite correct in remarking that all telemetric methods and instruments depend upon one fundamental principle.
a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. III. 2513/2 Another form of telemetric marine-glass.
1900 H. M. Wilson Topogr. Surveying xiii. 282 The range-finder furnishes a..rough telemetric method of obtaining a fairly accurate measure of inaccessible distances.
1989 D. G. Howell Tectonics of Suspect Terranes v. §2. 124 In many other places, geodetic surveys are routine and are instrumented with equipment ranging from laser telemetric devices to high-precision theodolites.
2. Of or relating to telemetry (telemetry n. 2); used for telemetry. Cf. telemetrical adj.
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1885 Science 4 Sept. 194/1 A paper followed by Major Henry E. Alvord of New York, upon ‘Telemetric aid to meteorological records’, describing briefly an apparatus..by which a continuous record of temperature can be obtained at any reasonable distance from the place of observation.
1957 Times 11 Nov. 10/5 The radio transmitters..and the telemetric apparatus on board have..ceased work.
1974 W. Garner Big enough Wreath viii. 98 It's definitely a satellite. Multitone telemetric signals.
2015 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 30 Apr. 5 The flight ran into difficulty when telemetric communications failed just a second and a half before separation of the rocket's third stage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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