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telemeter

telemeter noun: any measuring device used in telemetry.

Noun

telemeter (plural telemeters)

  1. Any measuring device used in telemetry.
  2. A device used for rangefinding, especially of military targets.

Verb

telemeter (third-person singular simple present telemeters, present participle telemetering, simple past and past participle telemetered)

  1. (transitive) To transmit by telemetry.

telemeter meaning in Tamil and Kannada

telemeter in Tamil

தொலைவளவை மானி, தொலைவுமானி, தொலைமானி, தொலைமுறையளவி

telemeter in Kannada

ದೂರಸ್ಥಮಾಪಕ

Forms of telemeter

Noun
pluraltelemeters
alternative formtelemetre
Verb
third-person singular presenttelemeters
present participletelemetering
past participletelemetered
pasttelemetered

Origin of telemeter

From French télémètre (“device used for measuring distance”) coined by Selligue from télé- + -mètre, possibly from a blend of télescope and micromètre.

Words formed from telemeter

Questions about telemeter

What does telemeter mean?
Telemeter means any measuring device used in telemetry.
What is telemeter in Tamil?
Telemeter in Tamil is தொலைவளவை மானி, தொலைவுமானி, தொலைமானி. See Telemeter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is telemeter?
Telemeter can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of telemeter?
The plural of telemeter is telemeters.

Words near telemeter in the dictionary

  1. telemetacarpal deer
  2. telemeteorograph
  3. telemeteorographic
  4. telemeteorographs
  5. telemeteorography
  6. telemeter
  7. telemetered
  8. telemetering
  9. telemeterize
  10. telemeterized
  11. telemeters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: telemeter (page history and authors); telemeter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); telemeter (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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