| 单词 |
tellurometer |
| 释义 |
tellurometer|tɛl(j)ʊəˈrɒmɪtə(r)| [f. L. tellūr-em the earth + -o + -meter.] An instrument that accurately measures distances on land by transmitting a microwave signal and timing the arrival of a return signal that it triggers at the distant point.
1957T. L. Wadley in Empire Survey Rev. July 100 (heading) The tellurometer system of distance measurement. 1961Aeroplane C. 63/2 Five of the parties were to do levelling, and the other two distance measuring with tellurometers. 1975J. B. Harley O.S. Maps i. 7 The ‘Tellurometer’..has been used to measure distances of 135 km between Great Britain and Ireland as part of the process of checking the triangulation. |

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