<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>Any of certain devices or attachments for determining distances by measuring the angle subtending a known distance.</li><li>Electricity: The complete measuring, transmitting, and receiving apparatus for indicating, recording, or integrating at a distance, by electrical translating means, the value of a quantity.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>To transmit (radio signals, data, etc.) automatically and at a distance, as between a ground station and an artificial satellite, space probe, or the like, especially in order to record information, operate guidance apparatus, etc.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>To telemeter radio signals, data, etc.</li></ul>