any device for recording or measuring a distant event and transmitting the data to a receiver or observer
2.
any device or apparatus used to measure a distance without directly comparing it with a measuring rod, etc, esp one that depends on the measurement of angles
verb
3. (transitive)
to obtain and transmit (data) from a distant source, esp from a spacecraft
Derived forms
telemetric (ˌtɛlɪˈmɛtrɪk) or telemetrical (ˌteleˈmetrical)
adjective
telemetrically (ˌteleˈmetrically)
adverb
telemeter in American English
(ˈtɛləˌmitər; təˈlɛmətər)
noun
1.
an instrument for determining the distance to a remote object; range finder
2.
any device for transmitting measurements of physical phenomena, as temperature, radiation, etc., to a distant recorder or observer: used in satellites, spacecraft, etc.