telescanner

noun

telescanner

noun

Etymology From tele- + scanner.

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Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction A scanner, especially one able to collect information from far away.

"If you or Dr. Rankin cares to start a search program with the telescanner, you have my blessing."1985, Michael P[aul] Kube-McDowell, Emprise, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 259:

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