Definition of Telethermometer

1. Noun. A thermometer that registers the temperature at some distant point.

Generic synonyms: Thermometer

Definition of Telethermometer

1. n. An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.

Definition of Telethermometer

1. Noun. An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Telethermometer

1. An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise. Origin: Gr. Far off + E. Thermometer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Telethermometer

telestrators
telesurgeries
telesurgery
telesync
telesyncs
telesystolic
teletactor
teleteacher
teleteachers
teleteaching
teletex
teletexes
teletext
teletexts
teletherapy
telethermometer (current term)
telethermometers
telethermoscope
telethermoscopes
telethon
telethons
teletimer
teletimers
teletron
teletrons
teletsunami
teletsunamis
teletutor
teletutorial
teletutorials

Literary usage of Telethermometer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Refrigeration, Cold Storage and Ice-making: A Practical Treatise on the Art by Alexander James Wallis-Tayler (1912)
"... Temperature Tell-Tales and Long-Distance Thermometers —The Thermograph—The telethermometer or Electrical Thermometer— Lighting Cold Stores. MANAGEMENT. ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1886)
"This combined instrument is called the telethermometer. At the point of observation is the metallic thermometer, and at the office, which may be at any ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"[As telethermometer + -y^.J The art of indicating or recording temperature automatically at a distance from the actuating thermometer. ..."

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