telemetry

English

Etymology

tele- +‎ -metry

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /təˈlɛ.məˌtri/

Noun

telemetry (countable and uncountable, plural telemetries)

1. (applied sciences) The science, and associated technology, of the automatic recording and transmission of data from a remote source to a receiving station for analysis.
   • 2022 April 20, Alex Hynes, “Making our railway safer”, in RAIL, number 955, page 27:

     We have also installed river level monitors and scour telemetry on more than 25 bridges across our network, and over the next two years we will continue to increase the number of locations fitted with these technologies.

Derived terms

• telemetric

Translations

the science, and associated technology, of automatic recording

• Czech: telemetrie f
• Finnish: telemetria
• French: télémétrie (fr) f
• German: Telemetrie (de) f
• Greek: τηλεμετρία (el) f (tilemetría)
• Irish: teiliméadracht f
• Italian: telemetria (it) f

• Norwegian: telemetri m
• Polish: telemetria (pl) f
• Spanish: telemetría f
• Swedish: telemetri c
• Turkish: telemetri (tr)

References

• “telemetry”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.