TELEMETER

I. noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1860 an instrument for measuring the distance of an object from an observer, an electrical apparatus for measuring a quantity (as pressure, speed, or temperature) and transmitting the result especially by radio to a distant station where the result is indicated or recorded, II. verb Date: 1925 transitive verb to transmit (as the measurement of a quantity) by ~, intransitive verb to ~ the measurement of a quantity