10 results about "Telemeter" patented technology

The original meaning of telemeter (Ancient Greek: τῆλε tēle „far away“ and μέτρον métron „something used to measure“), and still one of the main uses of the word, was a device used to measure distances to remote objects, that is, a rangefinder. Originally optical devices used in surveying, they soon found military applications in rangefinding, especially naval gunnery and anti-aircraft artillery.