telethermometern.
/ˌtɛlᵻθəˈmɒmᵻtə/, U.S. /ˌtɛləˌθərˈmɑmədər/ An instrument for indicating temperatures measured at another location; a thermometer that receives or transmits measurements using telemetry (telemetry n. 2a).
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > measurement of temperature > [noun] > instrument > other specific instruments
air thermometer1701
water thermometer1725
gas thermometer1837
geothermometer1838
nepheloscope1844
thanatometer1860
resistance thermometer1861
reversing thermometer1878
telethermometer1880
thermocouple1890
thermo-electroscope1895
thermodynamometer1909
ebulliometer1933
1880 Commissioners of Patents' Jrnl. 15 June 1574/1 E. Rousseau, of Ixelles-Bruxelles, for ‘A telethermometer’.—Dated 20th May, 1880.
1909 Power & Engineer 12 Jan. 104/2 There is also a Dibble telethermometer to record the temperatures in the music hall 350 feet away.
1972 Science 5 May 532/3 A thermistor probe which recorded rectal temperatures was connected to a telethermometer.
2005 Herpetologica 61 3/1 Air and substrate temperatures were monitored with a telethermometer.
Derivatives
teletherˈmometry n. the science or practice of measuring temperature remotely using telemetry.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > measurement of temperature > [noun] > specific
pyrometry1771
telethermometry1885
ebulliometry1937
1885 London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 5th Ser. 20 385 Naturally enough electricity has been utilized in some way or other in the majority of these systems of telethermometry.
1964 Industr. Electronics Feb. 77/3 Shandon Scientific Company have introduced a range of telethermometry equipment which includes a series of readily-interchangeable temperature-measuring probes.
2004 Jrnl. Thermal Biol. 29 459/2 The resolution of current telethermometry is sufficient to provide direct visualisation of blood flow through surface blood vessels.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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