Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A thermometer that records its temperature at a distance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physics) An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
apparatus for determining thetemperature of a distant point, by athermoelectric circuit or otherwise.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a thermometer that registers the temperature at some distant point
Etymologies
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tele- + thermometer
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Examples
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You might call this a thermo-electric thermometer, or a telethermometer, or
The Dream Doctor 1908
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As he did so he kept his attention fixed on the telethermometer.
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