telestation

noun

telestation

noun

Etymology From tele- + station.

1

Rare A remote facility that sends telemetry or other data to a central facility

  • With the assistance of the Greenland Technical Organisation's telestations, snow samples were collected from various localities in Greenland […]1968, Danish Atomic Energy Commission, Annual report:
  • From the ward, the nurses communicate with the HIS through a telestation.1992, Rudi van de Velde, Hospital information systems: the next generation:
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  • It is planning to use the rainfall data obtained from these telestations […]1995, Franklin Y. Cheng, Urban disaster mitigation: the role of engineering and technology:

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